Skip to Content
Commands Referencepelican-serverpelican-server cachepelican-server cache introspectpelican-server cache introspect metadata

pelican-server cache introspect metadata

Show detailed metadata for a cached object

Synopsis

Display detailed metadata for a cached object instance.

By default shows the latest cached version. Use —etag to specify a particular version, or —instance to specify by instance hash.

Example: pelican cache introspect metadata pelican://my-federation/data/file.dat pelican cache introspect metadata /data/file.dat —etag=“abc123” pelican cache introspect metadata —instance=<hash>

pelican-server cache introspect metadata <object-url> [flags]

Options

      --etag string       Specify ETag of the version to inspect
  -h, --help              help for metadata
      --instance string   Specify instance hash directly

Options inherited from parent commands

      --cache-dir string    Override cache directory (default: from config)
      --config string       config file (default is $HOME/.config/pelican/pelican.yaml)
  -d, --debug               Enable debug log messages
  -f, --federation string   Pelican federation to utilize
      --json                Output in JSON format
  -L, --log string          Specified log output file
      --offline             Force offline mode (direct database access). By default, if the cache is running, queries go to the live service.
  -t, --token string        Path to admin token file (online mode only; auto-generated if not provided)
      --version             Print the version and exit

SEE ALSO

pelican-server cache introspect listpelican-server cache introspect stats