parsl.data_provider.files.File

class parsl.data_provider.files.File(url, dman=None, cache=False, caching_dir='.', staging='direct')

The Parsl File Class.

This is planned to be a very simple class that simply captures various attributes of a file, and relies on client-side and worker-side systems to enable to appropriate transfer of files.

__init__(url, dman=None, cache=False, caching_dir='.', staging='direct')

Construct a File object from a url string.

Args:

• url (string) : url string of the file e.g.

  • ‘input.txt’
  • ‘file:///scratch/proj101/input.txt’
  • ‘globus://go#ep1/~/data/input.txt’
  • ‘globus://ddb59aef-6d04-11e5-ba46-22000b92c6ec/home/johndoe/data/input.txt’

• dman (DataManager) : data manager

Methods

__init__(url[, dman, cache, caching_dir, …])	Construct a File object from a url string.
get_data_future(site_name)
set_data_future(df[, site_name])
stage_in(site_name)	Transport file from the site of origin to local site.
stage_out()	Transport file from local filesystem to origin site.

Attributes

filepath

Return the resolved filepath on the side where it is called from.