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ecaccess-job-get

ECACCESS-JOB-GET(1p)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				      ECACCESS-JOB-GET(1p)

NAME

       ecaccess-job-get - Download a Job Output/Input/Error File

SYNOPSIS

       ecaccess-job-get -version|-help|-manual

       ecaccess-job-get [-debug] [-input|-error] [-encrypt] [-binary] [-bufsize length] job-id local-target-file

DESCRIPTION

       Allow downloading the Job Output/Input/Error Files with identifier job-id.

       The file is downloaded localy in the local-target-file.

ARGUMENTS

       job-id  The identifier of the ECaccess Job to retrieve.

       local-target-file
	       The name of the Local Target File.

OPTIONS

       -input  By default the Job Output File is downloaded. Using this option allow downloading the Job Input File instead.

       -error  By default the Job Output File is downloaded. Using this option allow downloading the Job Error File instead.

       -encrypt
	       By default files are downloaded through the plain text channel (http). Using this option will force the download to occurs through
	       the SSL secure channel (https).

       -binary By default files are downloaded as text files. This option will download files as binary files (decode_base64 required). Please
	       note that text files can also be downloaded in binary mode but text mode is faster. You should use this option if your job output
	       is containing non-text characters.

       -bufsize length
	       Specify the length of the buffer (in bytes) which is used to download the file.	The larger the buffer the smaller the number of
	       http/s requests. By default a buffer of 524288 bytes(512KB) is used.

       -version
	       Display version number and exits.

       -help   Print a brief help message and exits.

       -manual Prints the manual page and exits.

       -debug  Display the SOAP messages exchanged.

EXAMPLES

       ecaccess-job-get 124356 ./ecaccess-job-124356.output

       Download the output of the ECaccess Job 124356 in the local ecaccess-job-124356.output file.

SEE ALSO

       ecaccess-job-delete, ecaccess-job-list, ecaccess-job-restart, ecaccess-job-submit and ecaccess.

perl v5.14.2							    2012-04-16						      ECACCESS-JOB-GET(1p)