What are all of the XCP arguments?
Applies to
NetApp XCP
Answer
Below is a list of the arguments available for xcp:
| Argument | Description | Input type | Default value | Hidden |
| fmt | Formatted output | String | N/A | False |
| match | Only process files and directories that match the filter | String | N/A | False |
| exclude | Exclude the files and directories that match the filter | String | N/A | False |
| top | Process just the top n files, ordered by the attribute expression | String | N/A | True |
| limit | Limit number of inodes for testing | Integer | N/A | True |
| copy | Copy each file tree to the destination (the last path) | N/A | N/A | False |
| verify | command uses a full byte-by-byte data comparison between source and target directories after the copy operation without using a catalog index number | N/A | N/A | False |
| archive | Save a compressed chunk of data for each batch | N/A | N/A | True |
| md5 | Checksum the files (also save the checksum files when indexing) | N/A | False | False |
| du | Summarize space usage of each directory, including subdirectories | N/A | N/A | False |
| duk | Summarize space usage of directory, include subdirectories, with output in kilobytes | N/A | N/A | False |
| subdir-names | Return names of top level sub-dirs in a directory | N/A | N/A | True |
| init | Optional setup for search/match | String | N/A | False |
| readonly | Consider readonly source | N/A | N/A | True |
| live | Enable live source code | N/A | N/A | True |
| nosattr | Nosattr | N/A | False | True |
| nolinks | Treat hard links as regular, distinct files | N/A | N/A | True |
| cnmax | Concurrent tree search nodes | Integer | 64 | True |
| cfiles | Concurrent files per process | Integer | 100 | True |
| stmax | Subdirs | Integer | 6 | True |
| edupe | Include deduplication estimate in reports | N/A | N/A | False |
| batchlen | Approximate files per batch | Integer | 5000 | True |
| batchsize | Batch size threshold | N/A | 900M | True |
| copyZeros | Copy zero blocks (don't preserve sparse files) | N/A | N/A | True |
| noCatalog | Don't use catalog at all | N/A | N/A | True |
| jobId | Job id used for inserting files/directories into db | String | N/A | True |
| allowchunks | Let a directory span multiple batches | N/A | N/A | True |
Additional Information
- For more information on non-hidden options see the XCP reference guide for you version.
- Full documentation for XCP can be accessed Product Documentation - Product Library - NetApp XCP
