HP LCS60 Installation Manual page 353

PULL
NAME
pull – transfer files from another system
SYNOPSIS
pull [ - L ] destination filename ... directory
DESCRIPTION
pull establishes a data switch circuit to a source (remote) host named in destination
and transfers files from that host.
The filenames are files or directories on the source machine and are interpreted
relative to the user's HOME directory on the source destination if they do not begin
with a ´/´. The filenames are placed in the directory on the target (local) machine. If
the directory does not begin with a ´/´ it is interpreted relative to the current direc-
tory. The directory will be created, if required, before the files are transferred.
Specifying a directory as one of the filenames will transfer the entire directory tree
beginning at the named point.
pull preserves the file modes and modification times of the files it moves. The ori-
ginal file owner (numeric user ID) is preserved if the effective user ID of the pro-
cess on the local machine is root; otherwise, the files will be owned by the current
user.
pull preserves the name, type and contents of the files it moves with the following
exceptions.
Long Names
If the target file system does not support file names greater than 14
characters and the source machine transfers a file with a name
greater then 14 characters, the name will be truncated to 14 charac-
ters. The local side will warn the user for each file name that is
truncated.
Symbolic Links
Files of type symbolic link will be preserved unless the '– L' option
is used. A transferred symbolic link will be identical to the source
file. It may, however, have a different context in the target
environment. If the '– L' option is used, the source machine will be
asked to follow symbolic links with the following behaviors: the
symbolic link will be treated as if it were the file type of the file
pointed to. If the file does not exist or the user does not have per-
mission to access the file, no transfer will take place and the source
machine will issue a warning. If, in following a path that contains a
symbolic link that points to a directory, the source machine finds a
directory that has already been transferred, it will not transfer it a
second time. The source however, will always transfer directories
in a path that does not contain a symbolic link even if that directory
has already been transferred while following a path that does con-
tain a symbolic link. In both cases, the source machine will warn
the user for every affected directory.
Issue 3
PULL ( 1C )
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