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The Chunker Tool is a utility which was created in order to provide a simple way to copy files from a local file system to DuraCloud in a "one-off" manner. Actually, although the common case is to use this tool to copy one or more files to DuraCloud, it may also be run to copy files to another location on the local file system.

Info

In most cases, the The Sync Tool is a better choice for transferring files to DuraCloud. The Chunker Tool is made available only for the rare cases when you need very specific control over exactly how files are split into chunks prior to upload.

Download

Download the Chunker Tool from the Downloads page.

can be build from DuraCloud source, but is no longer provided as a binary distribution.

Operational notes

  • If you want to jump directly into using the tool, download it from the link above and run the following command

    Code Block
    java -jar chunk-{version}-driver.jar
    

    The resulting usage statement (detailed below) should be enough to help you get started.

  • The Chunker Tool allows you to copy multiple local files and directories into a single space within DuraCloud. The names of the objects which are added to DuraCloud will contain all of the directory elements in the path starting from the first element below the base directory down to the individual file names.

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Info

As of DuraCloud version 24.20.0, the Chunker Tool requires Java 7 8 to run. The latest version of Java can be downloaded from here.

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