

This option allows files to be transferred to a directory hierarchy that may not already exist, similar to the -d option of the install command. d, -directory Create any missing parent directories. Note that this can result in file and directory duplication at the destination as all symbolic links will become real files and directories. L, -dereference Always follow symbolic links to both files and directories. Note that this option cannot be used with -sync.

The -index-tar option may be used to produce a table of contents file for each tar file created. The split size may be changed or splitting disabled using the -split-tar option.

By default, multiple tar files are created at 1 TB boundaries. This option implies -recursive and -no-offline. create-tar Create a tar file of all sources at the destination, which must be a non-existing filename. A number greater than 1 will fork additional processes on each host to more fully utilize system resources and improve transfer performance. If the number given is 1, no additional clients will be used. clients=NUM Parallelize the transfer by using additional clients on each host. Transfers are initialized using syntax identical to cp and scp commands for local and remote transfers, respectively. For more information, including syntax and examples, see man shiftc on any Pleiades or Lou front-end system (PFE or LFE). Options for the shiftc command are described in this section.
