2 the smc_copy utility – Sun Microsystems MEDIACENTER 2.1 User Manual
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5.2
The
smc_copy
Utility
The
smc_copy
utility copies content, specified by a title name or a local filesystem
name, between a local filesystem and a Sun MediaCenter server or between two Sun
MediaCenter servers. Examples of a local filesystem are the Unix filesystem (UFS)
and NFS™.
smc_copy
offers a convenient means to load content onto a Sun
MediaCenter server and to backup content from the server to a local filesystem.
The
smc_copy
utility’s specific functions are as follows:
■
Copies a video file (such as an MPEG file) from a local filesystem to a Sun
MediaCenter server. In so doing, performs activities required to make that title
available for playing.
■
Copies a video title from a Sun MediaCenter server to a local filesystem. Output
is a tar file containing a content package. A title is a video file stored on a Sun
MediaCenter server so that it can be played from the server. Names of titles
specified in
smc_copy
commands are in the form returned by
smc_ls
(see
Section 5.4 “The smc_ls Utility” on page 5-17).
■
Copies a content package in a tar file to a Sun MediaCenter server. Input can be a
pathname that includes a tar device. See Appendix B for a description of a content
package.
■
Copies a file between two local filesystems.
You can invoke
smc_copy
on one machine to copy content from a second machine
to a third machine. The machine on which you invoke
smc_copy
does not have to
be a Sun MediaCenter server. To run
smc_copy
, you need only the
smc_copy
binary, which you can copy from
/opt/SUNWsms/bin
on a Sun MediaCenter server
with the current release of software.
The general form of
smc_copy
is:
...where source and destination can be one of:
title
The name of a title, such as
Heidi
.
Specifying only title implies that a title is stored on or being copied to the
machine from which you are invoking
smc_copy
.
hostname:title
The IP hostname of a Sun MediaCenter server and a title, for example,
guignon:heidi
.
smc_copy [-p] [-r
rate
] [-f
format
] [-s
speed
] [-t
type
] [-i] [-m] [-o]
source
[
destination
]