CPUSH

Section: C3 User Manual (1)
Updated: 4.0
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NAME

cpush - A utility to push files from the local machine to the nodes in your cluster.

 

SYNOPSIS

Usage: cpush [OPTIONS] [MACHINE DEFINITIONS] source [target]  

DESCRIPTION

cpush is a utility that uses rsync to send a file or set of files specified by in a list to the nodes in a cluster.  

OPTIONS

-h, --help
:display help message

-f, --file <filename>
:alternate cluster configuration file, if one is not supplied then /etc/c3.conf will be used

-l, --list <filename>
:list of files to push (see files section for format)

-i
:interactive mode, ask once before executing

--head
execute command on head node, does not execute on compute nodes

--nolocal
:the source file or directory lies on the head node of the remote cluster

-b, --blind
:pushes the entire file (normally cpush uses rsync to push changes and then rebuilds the file on the target node)

--all
:execute command on all nodes in all clusters that are accessible. When specifying --head only the head nodes will participate. This ignores the [MACHINE_DEFINITIONS] section.
 

GENERAL

There are many ways to call cpush, here is a few examples: 1. To move a single file

cpush /home/filename /home/

2. To move a single file, renaming that file on the cluster nodes

cpush /home/filename1 /home/filename2
 

3. To move a set of files listed in a file

cpush --list=/home/filelist

See files section for the format of the file list
 

SETUP

See the C3 INSTALL file for installation instructions. Also see C3-range for help on node ranges on the command line. If using the scalable setup please see c3-scale  

ENVIRONMENT

C3_RSH

By default, the C3 tools will use ssh to issue the remote commands. If you would like to have them use rsh instead, you must set the C3_RSH environment variable to rsh.
For example, if you are using the bash shell you would do the following:

export C3_RSH=rsh

any program that behaves like rsh or ssh is acceptable

C3_PATH

The default install path for C3 is /opt/c3-4. If you install C3 in an alternate location this variable must point to that installation. For remote clusters C3 must be installed in the same directory on each cluster.
For example, if you installed C3 in your home directory you might use the following:

export C3_PATH=/home/sgrundy/c3-4

C3_CONF

C3's default configuration file is /etc/c3.conf. If you wish an alternate default configuration file set this to point to the file
For example, if you keep a special c3.conf file in your home directory you may use:

export C3_CONF=/home/sgrundy/.c3conf

C3_USER

By default, the C3 tools will use your local username to access a remote cluster. If you wish to use a different default then set this variable to it
For example, this will change the example user from sgrundy to mmanhunter:

export C3_USER=mmanhunter

 

FILES

/etc/c3.conf

This file is the cluster configuration file that contains the names of the nodes to which commands will be sent. The cluster configuration file of nodes may also be specified from the command line. The format of both files is identical.
See the c3.conf(5) man page for the format
File list
The file list is a single file per line (both a relative and absolute path are ok) with the first column being the source and the second being the target. if no target is specified it is assumed to be the same as the source.
 

SEE ALSO

cexec(1), c3(1), cget(1), ckill(1), cpush(1 ), cpushimage(4), crm(1), cshutdown(4), cname(1), cnum(1), clist(1), c3.conf(5), c3-scale(5)


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
GENERAL
SETUP
ENVIRONMENT
FILES
SEE ALSO

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