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== QCG remote transfer syntax ==

=== GridFTP ===
{{{
gsiftp://{host}[:{port}]/{path}
gridftp://{host}[:{port}]/{path}
}}}
where:
 `{host}`::
  address of the GridFTP service
 `{port}`::
  optional port number of the GridFTP service (2811 by default)
 `{path}`::
  path to the file/directory; if not begins with `/` (slash), ie. single slash character between address and path part, then the path is treated as a relative to home directory

Examples:
{{{
gsiftp://qcg.man.poznan.pl/plik.txt
gsiftp://qcg.man.poznan.pl:2811///home/plgrid/plgkopta/reef/plik.txt
}}}


=== GridFTP ===
{{{
ftp://[{user}[:{pwd}]@]{host}[:{port}]/{path}
}}}
where
 `{user}`::
  optional user name
 `{pwd}`::
  optional user's password 
 `{host}`::
  address of the FTP service
 `{port}`::
  optional port number of FTP service (22 by default)
 `{path}`::
  path to the file/directory; if not begins with `/` (slash), ie. single slash character between address and path part, then the path is treated as a relative to home directory

Examples:
{{{
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.9.gz
ftp://pkopta:haslo@serwer.ftp.man.poznan.pl:22/plik.txt
}}}

=== HTTP/HTTPS ===
{{{
http://{host}[:{port}]/{path}
https://{host}[:{port}]/{path}
}}}
where
 `{host}`::
  address of the HTTP/HTTP service
 `{port}`::
  optional port number of the HTTP/HTTPS service (80 by default for the HTTP service, 443 for the HTTPS service)
 `{path}`::
  path to the file/directory

Examples:
{{{
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.9.gz
}}}

=== iRods ===
{{{
irods://{user}:{pwd}@{host}[:{port}]/{zone}/{path}
}}}
where:
 `{user}`::
  the name of the iRods user
 `{pwd}`::
  user's password
 `{host}`::
  address of the iRods service
 `{port}`::
  optional the iRods service port number (1247 by default)
 `{zone}`::
  the name of the zone
 `{path}`::
  absolute path to the file/directory

Examples:
{{{
irods://pkopta:haslo@elder12/testZone/home/pkopta/plik.txt
}}}