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Uploads, downloads, deletes, or lists files on a cluster node, including Windows Azure nodes. hpcfile is used to:

  • Move, delete, or list files on a Windows Azure node.

  • Download small files, such as log files, from a cluster node.

  • Upload a small file to a cluster node.

  • Retrieve results from custom diagnostic tests that can run on Windows Azure nodes.

Note

This command was introduced in HPC Pack 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1 and is not supported in previous versions.

Subcommands

Subcommand Description
hpcfile del Deletes one or more files from a cluster node.
hpcfile dir Lists the contents of a folder on a cluster node.
hpcfile get Downloads one or more files from a cluster node.
hpcfile put Uploads one or more files to a cluster node.
hpcfile /? Displays Help at the command prompt.
hpcfile /help Displays Help at the command prompt.

Remarks

  • If you have deployed HPC nodes in Windows Azure using the Windows Azure HPC Scheduler SDK, you can use hpcfile only to move files and perform file operations only between one node and another node within the Windows Azure HPC Scheduler deployment. You cannot use hpcFile to move files and perform file operations between an on-premises computer and a node in a Windows Azure HPC Scheduler deployment.

  • hpcfile operations are limited to 4 GB, and operations cannot run longer than one week.