MEMCP(1)

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version 1.1.4 · 7 versions
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💖 MEMCP(1) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to memcp, straight out of libmemcached-awesome (yes that's the manual name, it's giving ✨documentation✨). buckle up, we're putting files into memcached servers and it's gonna be iconic 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

memcp [options] --servers <hostname[:port]...> <file...>

Copy files to a collection of memcached servers. that's it. that's the vibe. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so memcp takes one or more files and yeets them into memcached(1) servers. think of it like the standard UNIX cp(1) command but make it network 💫 — literally the same energy, different destination.

and the key names? the key names will be the names of the files, without any directory path. so path/to/thing.txt shows up as thing.txt. no cap. 🫶

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -h, --help — show the help. we love a supportive queen 🙌
  • -V, --version — spill the version, diva 💁
  • -q, --quiet — operate quietly. silent but slaying 🤫
  • -v, --verbose — operate more verbosely. tell me EVERYTHING bestie 🗣️
  • -d, --debug — same thing as -v|--verbose. yes really, go look 👀
  • -e, --expire <expiration> — set expiration in seconds (or as a UNIX timestamp). clock's ticking ⏰
  • -H, --hash <algorithm> — use algorithm as the key hash algo. full deets in memcached_behavior_t::MEMCACHED_BEHAVIOR_HASH 🔐
  • -s, --servers <list of servers> — hand over your server list as hostname[:port][,hostname[:port]...]. comma-separated cuties 🎀
  • -n, --non-blocking — non-blocking operations on, no waiting around 💨
  • -N, --tcp-nodelay — disable Nagle's algorithm. no buffering delay, we move fast ⚡
  • -b, --binary — binary protocol activated 🧬
  • -B, --buffer — buffer those requests, batch queen 📦
  • -u, --username <username> — username for SASL authentication 🪪
  • -p, --password <password> — password for SASL authentication 🤐
  • -F, --flags <number> — use number as the key's flags 🏷️
  • -U, --udp — UDP operation mode, chaotic transport era 🌐
  • -S, --set — issue SET command(s). this is the default mode, periodt. also peep -A|--add and -R|--replace 👑
  • -A, --add — issue ADD command(s) ➕
  • -R, --replace — issue REPLACE command(s) 🔁
  • -., --basename — use the basename of the path as the key (this is the default) 🧁
  • -+, --relative — use the relative path (as passed) instead of basename only 🛤️
  • -/, --absolute — use the absolute path (real path) instead of basename only 🗺️

🌈 ENVIRONMENT 🌈

  • MEMCACHED_SERVERS — specify a list of servers. yes you can just set it and forget it 💖

💜 NOTES 💜

🎀 PROGRAM PREFIX 🎀

so the prefix of this program is variable, meaning it can be configured at build time. cute, right?

usually the client programs of libmemcached-awesome are prefixed with mem, like memcat or memcp 🐱

but it can be configured though to swap that prefix for something else like mc, and in that case the client programs of libmemcached-awesome would be called mccat, mccp, etc. respectively. same queens, different name tags 💅

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

ngl bestie, if you got this far you're basically a Unix main character now 👑

okay bye, love you, this was version 1.1 dated Jul 24, 2026 and it ATE. no crumbs. 💖✨🎀🦋

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