ECACCESS-FILE-GET(1p)

💖 ECACCESS-FILE-GET 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this is the ECaccess File Get page — a User Contributed Perl Documentation classic, fr fr. It's the little command that pulls files down from the ECaccess File System onto your own machine, and honestly? It's giving "I got you, you don't gotta scp anything by hand." 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

ecaccess-file-get — Download an ECaccess File 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

ecaccess-file-get -version|-help|-manual

ecaccess-file-get [-debug] [-progress] [-offset number] [-bufsize length] source-ecaccess-file [target-local-file]

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So like, this whole thing lets you download the source-ecaccess-file. That's the vibe. 📥

And here's the cute part: if you don't pass a target-local-file, no stress, it just uses the source-ecaccess-file name as the target name instead. Automatic. Iconic. No extra typing. ✨

The source-ecaccess-file is formatted like this, bestie:

[domain:][/user-id/]path

If you want the deep lore on how the ECaccess File System works, go read the "Shell commands -> File Management" section of the "ecaccess" guide. It's right there, iykyk. 📚

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🧚 ARGUMENTS 🧚

• source-ecaccess-file — the name of the Source ECaccess File. The one you're grabbing. The main character, honestly. 👑
• target-local-file (optional) — the name of the Target Local File. Like, where it lands on your side. Skip it and the source name gets reused, periodt.

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -progress — gives you a lil progress meter right there on the standard terminal so you can watch the file transmission happen in real-time. Obsessed. And when the transmission is done? The progress bar just 🫥 removes itself from the terminal. Poof. Not supported and ignored on Windows platforms, so Windows girlies, don't come for me, it's literally just gonna sit there doing nothing.
• -offset number — okay so every open file has an associated file offset, and that offset decides where the next read operation is gonna start. This number is set to 0 by default. That's the whole thing. 🤷
• -bufsize length — sets the length of the buffer (in bytes) used to download the file. The bigger the buffer, the smaller the number of http/s requests. That's the tradeoff, no cap. By default a buffer of 1048576 bytes (1MB) is used. 💾
• -version — displays the version number and exits. Slay, short and sweet.
• -help — prints a brief help message and exits. The quick lil assist. 🩹
• -manual — prints the manual page and exits. You are here rn. 👁️👄👁️
• -retry count — number of SSL connection retries per 5s to ECMWF. Lowkey important: this parameter only applies to the initial SSL connection that the command initiates to the ECMWF server. It does not apply to all the subsequent requests made afterward, because it's mainly targeting errors that can happen from time to time during the SSL handshake. Default is no retry. 🙈
• -debug — displays the SOAP and SSL messages exchanged. Full transparency mode, bestie. 🔍

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

ecaccess-file-get -progress bin/a.out

What this does: it downloads the a.out File in the $HOME/bin directory of the authenticated user. 🎯 The Target File Name is a.out. And yes, a progress bar is displayed during the transmission, because we're watching it happen like it's a season finale. 🔥

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

ecaccess-file-delete, ecaccess-file-chmod, ecaccess-file-mget, ecaccess-file-modtime, ecaccess-file-mput, ecaccess-file-rmdir, ecaccess-file-copy, ecaccess-file-dir, ecaccess-file-mdelete, ecaccess-file-mkdir, ecaccess-file-move, ecaccess-file-put, ecaccess-file-size and ecaccess.

The whole squad. Go read them too, they're all doing their thing. 💜

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real talk: this page came from perl v5.40.1 and it's dated 2025-10-22, and the header up top is the one and only ECACCESS-FILE-GET(1p). That's the lore, bestie. 🎀

okay that's the whole page, go download your files, drink some water, and remember: bigger buffer, fewer requests. mwah. 💖🦋✨