IMETA(1)

💖 NAME 💖

imeta — an iRODS iCommand, bestie, and this is the section 1 (IMETA(1)) page for it, filed under User Commands. Slay. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

imeta [-vVMhz] [command]

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Okay so first up, the flags, no cap:

• -v — verbose.
• -V — Very verbose.
• -M — Admin mode.
• -z Zonename — work with the specified Zone.
• -h — This help.

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🎀 Commands are: 🎀

• add -d|C|R|u Name AttName AttValue [AttUnits] — add a new AVU triple.
• rm -d|C|R|u Name AttName AttValue [AttUnits] — remove an AVU.
• rmi -d|C|R|u Name MetadataID — remove an AVU by MetadataID.
• mod -d|C|R|u Name AttName AttValue [AttUnits] [n:Name] [v:Value] [u:Units] — modify an AVU; new name (n:), value (v:), and/or units (u:).
• set -d|C|R|u Name AttName newValue [newUnits] — assign a single value.
• ls -[l]d|C|R|u Name [AttName] — list existing AVUs for item Name.
• cp -d|C|R|u -d|C|R|u Name1 Name2 — copy AVUs from item Name1 to Name2.

Metadata attribute-value-units triples (AVUs) consist of an Attribute-Name, Attribute-Value, and an optional Attribute-Units. They can be added via the add command (and in other ways), and then queried to find matching objects. It’s giving structured metadata realness. ✨

For each command, -d, -C, -R, or -u is used to specify which type of object to work with: dataobjs (iRODS files), collections, resources, or users. So like: -d = dataobjs, -C = collections, -R = resources, -u = users. 🦋

Important vibe check: a user must be a rodsadmin to set or modify AVUs on resources and users. No shortcuts there, bestie. 💀

Fields represented with upper case, such as Name, are entered values. For example, Name is the name of a dataobject, collection, resource, or user.

Single or double quotes can be used to enter items with blanks.

Entered usernames are of the form username[#zone]. If #zone is not provided, the zone from your irods_environment.json is assumed. iykyk. 🫶

The appropriate zone (local or remote) is determined from the path names or via -z Zonename (when working with resources).

If you are an iRODS administrator, you can include the -M option to run in administrator mode and add, remove, or set metadata on any collection, data object, user, or resource. Admin mode main character energy. 👑

Try help command for more help on a specific command. Literally that simple. 🌈

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Anyway bestie, this is iRODS Version 5.0.2 / imeta, source/version iRODS-5.0.2, dated January 1980, manual IMETA(1) — mwah 💋🎀