Coping and Moving Files

After creating and deleting physical files, the two most important physical file operations are copying, and moving physical files. GAT, naturally, allows also for both of these operations. GAT also, naturally, allows for both of these operations to be completed in a manner independent of the operating systems and protocols used to access the various physical files. The same code can be used to copy a physical file from a Linux machine to a Solaris machine using grid ftp or to copy a physical file from a Windows machine to a OS X machine using XML-RPC, or the same code can be used to move a physical file from a AIX machine to a BeOS machine using http POST or to move a physical file from a PalmOS machine to a PlayStation machine using a WSDL based service. The user just specifies the ``from'' and the ``to'' and GAT takes care of the rest, security, permissions, and protocols, a package deal.