.TH MONGOFILES "1" "June 2009" "10gen" "Mongo Database"
.SH "NAME"
mongofiles \- a simple GridFS interface
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
\fBmongofiles [\fIOPTIONS\fR] \fICOMMAND\fR \fIFILENAME\fR\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBmongofiles\fR
is used to list, get, and insert files in the database.
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Commands:
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.B list
list all files.  FILENAME is an optional prefix which listed filenames
must begin with.
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.B search
search all files. FILENAME is a substring which listed
filenames must contain.
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.B put
add a file with filename FILENAME
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.B get
get a file with filename FILENAME
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.B delete
delete all files with filename FILENAME

.SH "EXAMPLES"
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.B mongofiles list
lists files in test.fs.files
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.B mongofiles put README.txt
inserts the file README.txt into the collection test.fs.files
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.B mongofiles get photo.jpg
retrieves photo.jpg from test.fs.files and saves it locally
.SH "OPTIONS"
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.B \-\-help
show usage information
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.B \-\-version
show version information
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.B \-v, \-\-verbose
be more verbose (include multiple times for more verbosity
e.g. \-vvvvv)
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.B \-h, \-\-host HOST
server to connect to (default HOST=localhost)
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.B\-\-port arg
server port. Can also use \-\-host hostname:port
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.B \-\-ipv6
enable IPv6 support (disabled by default)
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.B \-u|\-\-username USERNAME
specify user to log in as
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.B \-p|\-\-password PASSWORD
specify password of user
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.B \-\-dbpath PATH
directly access mongod data files in this path, instead of connecting to a mongod instance
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.B \-\-directoryperdb
if dbpath specified, each db is in a separate directory
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.B \-d, \-\-db DATABASE
database to use
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.B \-c, \-\-c COLLECTION
collection to use (some commands, default COLLECTION=fs.files)
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.B \-l, \-\-local FILENAME
local filename for put|get (default is to use the same name as the
FILENAME)
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.B \-t, \-\-type arg
MIME type for put (default is to omit)
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.B \-r, \-\-replace
Remove other files with the same name after PUT
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.PP
Copyright 2007\-2011 10gen
.SH "SEE ALSO"
For more information, please refer to the MongoDB manual, available at http://www.mongodb.org.
.SH "AUTHOR"
Kristina Chodorow