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Since we could not initiate the gathering from the SLAC end, a possibility was to use the anonymous ftp service at SLAC (see https://www.slac.stanford.edu/comp/unix/ftp.html).
- Be aware data is only kept for 4 days in anonymous incoming FTP and then is removed. The directories are preserved. One can delete files and directories by using rm and rmdir on /afs/slac/public/incoming from the command line (one cannot delete files and directories within ftp)
1. In this case, the MA (e.g. a script initiated at the Beijing MA and run at Beijing by say user Ann who does not have an account at SLAC) daily runs a script (as a cronjob) to use the incoming anonymous FTP at SLAC to store the day's data at SLAC.
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