cp
./uplink.exe cp [flags] <SOURCE> <DESTINATION>
uplink cp [flags] <SOURCE> <DESTINATION>
uplink cp [flags] <SOURCE> <DESTINATION>
The cp command is used to upload and download objects. The cp command abstracts the complexity of encryption, erasure coding and distributing pieces of a file to storage nodes.
Flag | Description |
| the serialized access, or name of the access to use |
| optional expiration date of an object.
Please use format ( |
| help for cp |
| optional metadata for the object. Please use a single level JSON object of string to string only |
| if true, show progress (default true) |
When the cp command is used to copy a file to the Tardigrade Platform (upload), the CLI first encrypts the file client-side, then splits it into a minimum of 80 erasure coded pieces, and finally the 80 pieces are uploaded in parallel to 80 different storage nodes.
To copy cheesecake.jpg into the existing bucket cakes, use the following command:
./uplink.exe cp cheesecake.jpg sj://cakes
uplink cp cheesecake.jpg sj://cakes
uplink cp cheesecake.jpg sj://cakes
You cannot use regular expressions to specify which files to copy (e.g. uplink cp cheese* sj://cakes will not work). Also, you can only specify one source at a time (no uplink cp cheesecake.jpg cheesecake.png sj://cakes
Output:
When the cp command is used to copy a file from the Tardigrade Platform (download), the CLI first downloads the minimum number of pieces to reconstitute a file (typically 29 pieces), then re-encodes the pieces into a single file, and finally decrypts the file client-side.
To copy a file from a project to a local drive, use:
./uplink.exe cp sj://cakes/cheesecake.jpg ~/Downloads/
uplink cp sj://cakes/cheesecake.jpg ~/Downloads/
uplink cp sj://cakes/cheesecake.jpg ~/Downloads/
The uploaded object can be set to expire at a certain time. After the expiration date, the file is no longer available and no longer will generate usage charges. To set an expiration date for a file when uploading it, you should use the cp command with the --expires flag:
./uplink.exe cp cheesecake.jpg --expires 2021-12-31T13:00:00+02:00 sj://cakes
uplink cp cheesecake.jpg --expires 2021-12-31T13:00:00+02:00 sj://cakes
uplink cp cheesecake.jpg --expires 2021-12-31T13:00:00+02:00 sj://cakes
The date is given in the yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZhh:mm format defined in ISO 8601. 2021-12-31T13:00:00+02:00 reads "December, 31st at 1pm UTC+2". A date ending with "Z", such as 2021-12-31T13:00:00Z, is in UTC.
The command above gives the following output:
You can include metadata when uploading your file using the --metadata flag. These metadata are provided in JSON format.
You must use a single level JSON object of string to string only (e.g. '{"key1":"value1", "key2": "value2"'}
For example, to include an information about the baker of a cheesecake and the author of the pic:
./uplink.exe cp cheesecake.jpg sj://cakes --metadata '{\"baker\":\"cheeseman\", \"picture_author\": \"picman\"}'
uplink cp cheesecake.jpg sj://cakes --metadata '{"baker":"cheeseman", "picture_author": "picman"}'
uplink cp cheesecake.jpg sj://cakes --metadata '{"baker":"cheeseman", "picture_author": "picman"}'
You can retrieve these metadata using the meta get command.
