Hello. I recently attended a conference on high performance computing and was told GridFTP would be a better way to transfer data (rather than SCP). However, when I tried to use the site http://www.globus.org/toolkit/data/gridftp/ which I found from http://www.google.com/search?q=gridftp I ran into some difficulties.
-there appears to be no Windows client pre-built (an .exe). Does the executable exist? -the source code is given for linux http://www.globus.org/toolkit/downloads/latest-stable/ but it is not mentioned that the client for Ubuntu exists via apt-get. Specifically, I took the following route, once I had been told the command is "globus-url-copy": $ sudo apt-get install globus-url-copy E: Couldn't find package globus-url-copy $ sudo apt-get install globus E: Couldn't find package globus $ globus-url-copy The program 'globus-url-copy' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing: sudo apt-get install globus-gass-copy-progs $ sudo apt-get install globus-gass-copy-progs and now the command $ globus-url-copy works as desired. However, this process is not mentioned on http://www.globus.org/toolkit/docs/5.0/5.0.4/admin/install/ Additionally, I am still in the process of getting certificates to work with TACC Ranger. As an end user, my use case is the following. I come to the GridFTP site for -installation of the GridFTP client. I want to specify my OS (32bit Ubuntu) and then find instructions on the easiest setup. ie, sudo apt-get install globus-gass-copy-progs For Windows users, this would be a compiled executable (if it exists). -usage of the GridFTP client, including normal file transfers and certificate setup. Thank you very much for developing the GridFTP client and making it available. If any other feedback is needed, please let me know. If this is the incorrect list to send to, please let me know who to notify. Ben
