---
name: "pegasus-sc-converter"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pegasus-wms"
version: "4.4.0+dfsg-8"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pegasus-sc-converter"
---

# pegasus-sc-converter(1)

A client to convert site catalog from one format to another format.

## NAME

pegasus-sc-converter - A client to convert site catalog from one format to another format.

## SYNOPSIS

```
pegasus-sc-converter [-v] [-V] [-h] [-Dproperty=value...]
                     [-I fmt] [-O fmt]
                     -i infile[,infile,...] -o outfile
```

## DESCRIPTION

The **pegasus-sc-converter** program is used to convert the site catalog from one format to another.

Currently, the following formats of site catalog exist.

**XML4**

This format is a superset of previous formats. All information about a site that can be described about a site can be described in this format. In addition, the user has finer grained control over the specification of directories and FTP servers that are accessible at the **head node** and the **worker node**. The user can also specify which different file-servers for read/write operations

A sample entry in this format looks as follows

```
<site handle="osg" arch="x86" os="LINUX" osrelease="" osversion="" glibc="">
        <grid  type="gt2" contact="viz-login.isi.edu/jobmanager-pbs" scheduler="PBS" jobtype="compute"/>
        <grid  type="gt2" contact="viz-login.isi.edu/jobmanager-fork" scheduler="Fork" jobtype="auxillary"/>
        <directory path="/tmp" type="local-scratch">
                <file-server operation="put" url="file:///tmp"/>
        </directory>
        <profile namespace="pegasus" key="style">condor</profile>
        <profile namespace="condor" key="universe">vanilla</profile>
</site>
```

This format conforms to the XML schema found at **http://pegasus.isi.edu/schema/sc-4.0.xsd**.

**XML3**

This format is a superset of previous formats. All information about a site that can be described about a site can be described in this format. In addition, the user has finer grained control over the specification of directories and FTP servers that are accessible at the **head node** and the **worker node**.

A sample entry in this format looks as follows

```
<site  handle="local" arch="x86" os="LINUX">
  <grid  type="gt2" contact="viz-login.isi.edu/jobmanager-pbs" scheduler="PBS" jobtype="compute"/>
  <grid  type="gt2" contact="viz-login.isi.edu/jobmanager-fork" scheduler="Fork" jobtype="auxillary"/>
  <head-fs>
    <scratch>
      <shared>
        <file-server protocol="gsiftp" url="gsiftp://viz-login.isi.edu" mount-point="/scratch">
        </file-server>
        <internal-mount-point mount-point="/scratch" free-size="null" total-size="null"/>
      </shared>
    </scratch>
    <storage>
      <shared>
        <file-server protocol="gsiftp" url="gsiftp://viz-login.isi.edu" mount-point="/scratch">
        </file-server>
        <internal-mount-point mount-point="/scratch" free-size="null" total-size="null"/>
      </shared>
    </storage>
  </head-fs>
  <replica-catalog  type="LRC" url="rlsn://smarty.isi.edu">
  </replica-catalog>
  <profile namespace="env" key="GLOBUS_LOCATION" >/nfs/software/globus/default</profile>
  <profile namespace="env" key="LD_LIBRARY_PATH" >/nfs/software/globus/default/lib</profile>
  <profile namespace="env" key="PEGASUS_HOME" >/nfs/software/pegasus/default</profile>
</site>
```

This format conforms to the XML schema found at **http://pegasus.isi.edu/schema/sc-3.0.xsd**.

## OPTIONS

- **-i** *infile*\[,*infile*,...\], **--input** *infile*\[,*infile*,...\]

  The comma separated list of input files that need to be converted to a file in the format specified by **--oformat** option.

- **-o** *outfile*, **--output** *outfile*

  The output file to which the output needs to be written out to.

### Other Options

- **-O** *fmt*, **--oformat** *fmt*

  The output format of the output file.

  Valid values for the output format is **XML3**, **XML4**.

- **-v**, **--verbose**

  Increases the verbosity of messages about what is going on.

  By default, all FATAL ERROR, ERROR , WARNINGS and INFO messages are logged.

- **-V**, **--version**

  Displays the current version number of the Pegasus Workflow Planner Software.

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

  Displays all the options to the **pegasus-plan** command.

## EXAMPLE

```
pegasus-sc-converter -i sites.xml -o sites.xml.new -O XML3 -vvvvv
```

## AUTHORS

Karan Vahi \<vahi at isi dot edu\>

Gaurang Mehta \<gmehta at isi dot edu\>

Pegasus Team **http://pegasus.isi.edu**