---
name: "globus-job-get-output-helper"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "globus-gram-client-tools"
version: "12.2-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/globus-job-get-output-helper"
---

# globus-job-get-output-helper(1)

Display the output or error stream from a GRAM job

## NAME

globus-job-get-output-helper - Display the output or error stream from a GRAM job

## SYNOPSIS

**globus-job-get-output-helper** *TAG* *JOBID* { *stdout* \| *stderr* } { no \| *LINES* } { no \| *LINES* } URL

**globus-job-get-output-helper** -help \| -h \| -usage

## DESCRIPTION

The **globus-job-get-output-helper** program is an internal interface used by the **globus-job-get-output** program to copy output back to a GASS server. This program is submitted via the **globusrun** command and executes **globus-url-copy** to transfer the data.

The invocation to this command is created in the RSL arguments by the **globus-job-get-output** program. The arguments are positional and may change in future releases. Their meaning is

 1\. GASS cache tag for the output file

 2\. GRAM job id

 3\. Stream to transfer (stdout or stderr)

 4\. Number of lines to include (from the end of the file) for one time processing or no

 5\. Number of lines to include (from the end of the file) for tail -f processing or literal no

 6\. GASS server URL to send the data to

## OPTIONS

The full set of options to **globus-job-get-output-helper** are:

- **-help, -h, -usage**

  Display a help message to standard output and exit.

## ENVIRONMENT

The following variables affect the execution of **globus-job-get-output-helper**.

**X509\_USER\_PROXY**

Path to proxy credential.

**X509\_CERT\_DIR**

Path to trusted certificate directory.

## AUTHOR

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