helps

a-access

@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ accessible to the internet.
 
 a-access is a tool to control access permissions of a bucket in Allas.
 
-In cases where access permissions are given or revored to a spcific projet thet syntax is: 
+In cases where access permissions are given or removed to a spcific project the syntax is: 
 
    a-access +/-type project_id bucket
 

a-check

@@ -300,80 +300,27 @@ done
 
 if [[ $print_help -eq 1 ]]; then
 cat <<EOF
-This tool is used to upload data from the disk environment 
-of CSC's supercomputers to Allas storage environmnet. 
-a-put can be used in other environments too.
 
-The basic syntax of the command is:
 
-   a-put directory_or_file
 
-By default this tool performs following operations:
-
-1. Ensures that you have working connection to Allas storage 
-   service.
-
-2. In case of directory, the content of the directory is 
-   collected into a single file (using tar command).
-
-3. By default option --compress (-c), is used. This means that 
-   the data is compressed using zstdmt command. This is the 
-   recommended way if you will be using the data only in 
-   CSC super computers. If you plan to use the uploaded dataset 
-   in other servers, where zstdmt compression may not be available, 
-   you can disable compression with option --nc (-n).
-
-4. By default the  data is uploaded to Allas using rclone command 
-   and swift protocol. S3 protocol is available too.
-
-NOTE! Data was compression with zstdmt command is no longer done by 
-default before the upload.
-
-
-The location were data is stored in Allas can be defined with 
-options --bucket (-b) and --object (-o).
-
-The default option is that data that locates in: 
-  - scratch in Puhti is uploaded to bucket:  project_number-puhti-SCRATCH
-  - scrarch in Mahti is uploaded to bucket:  project_number-mahti-SCRATCH
-  - projappl in Puhti is uploaded to bucket:  project_number-puhti-PROJAPPL
-  - projappl in Mahti is uploaded to bucket:  project_number-Mahti-PROJAPPL
-  - LOCAL_SCRATCH in Puhti is uploaded to bucket: project_number-puhti-LOCAL_SCRATCH
-
-In other cases the data uploaded to by default : username-poject_number-MISC
-
-For example for user kkaytaj belonging in project_201234, data 
-locatioing in home directory will be uploaded to bucket:  kkayttaj-201234-MISC.
-
-The compressed dataset will be stored as one object. The object 
-name depends on the file name and location. The logic used is that 
-the possible subdirectory path in Mahti or Puhti is included 
-in the object name. 
-
-E.g. a file called test_1.txt in scratch directroy of Puhti can be 
-stored with commands:
-
-   cd /scratch/project_201234
-   a-put test_1.txt
-
-In this case the file is stored to bucket: 201234-puhti-SCRATCH
-as object: test_1.txt.zst
-
-If you have another file called test_1.txt that locates in directory 
-/scratch/project_201234/project2/sample3 you can store it with commands:
-   
-  cd /scratch/project_201234/project2/sample3
-  a-put test_1.txt
-  
-Or commmands
-  cd /scratch/project_201234
-  a-put project2/sample3/test_1.txt
-
-In these cases the file is stored to bucket: 201234-puhti-SCRATCH
-as object:  project2/sample3/test_1.txt.zst
-
-
-a-put command line options:
+This tool is used to check if Allas already includes objects that would matching objects
+that a-put would create. This command can be use check the success of a data upload process
+done with a-put. Alternatively, the results can be used to list objects that need to be removed 
+or renamed, before uploading a new version of a dataset to Allas
+For example, if you have uploaded a directory to Allas using command:
+   a-put datadir/*
+You can use command:
+   a-check datadir/*
+To check if all the directories and files have corresponding objects in Allas.
+If you have defined a bucket with option -b, you must include this option
+in the a-check command too:
+  a-put -b 123_bukcet datadir/*
+Checking:
+  a-check -b 123_bukcet datadir/*   
+ 
+Note that the checking is done only based on the names of files, directories and objects.
+The contents of the files and objects are not checked!
+a-check command line options:
 
 -b, --bucket <bucket_name>  Define a name of the bucket into 
                             which the data is uploaded.

a-delete

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ fi
 if [ $print_help -eq 1 ]; then
 cat <<EOF
 This tool is used to remove data that has been uploaded to Allas service using the a-put command.
-The basic syntax of the comand is:
+The basic syntax of the command is:
 
    a-delete object_name
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ Options:
 
 -b --bucket                  Object name includes bucket name and the command does not try to use the default bucket names.
 
--u, --user <username>        Option allows you to assign a user account that is used to confoirm the object ownership.
+-u, --user <username>        Option allows you to assign a user account that is used to confirm the object ownership.
 
 -f, --force                  Don't ask confirmation when deleting a file
  

a-encrypt

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ By default the object is encrypted with CSC public key only. The encrypted objec
 same bucket as the original object. Suffix: .c4gh is added to the object name.
 
 The main purpose of this tool is to make a file, uploaded to the Allas service, compatible with the 
-Sensitive data services of csc.
+Sensitive data services of CSC.
 
 Options:
 
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ Examples:
 
    a-encrypt project_12345_data/my_data.csv
 
-2. Make encrypted copies of all objects in buket  project_12345_data to bucket  project_12345_sd
+2. Make encrypted copies of all objects in bucket  project_12345_data to bucket  project_12345_sd
 
    a-encrypt project_12345_data --all --bucket project_12345_sd
    

a-find

@@ -103,14 +103,15 @@ This tool is used to find:
  1. Objects, whose name matches to the query
  2. a-put generated objects that contain matching file names.
 
-The basic syntax of the comand is:
+The basic syntax of the command is:
 
    a-find query_term
 
 
-The query term is compared to the object names as well as the names and original paths of the files that have been uploaded to Allas with a-put. The matching obects are reported (but not downloaded).
+The query term is compared to the object names as well as the names and original paths of the files that 
+have been uploaded to Allas with a-put. The matching objects are reported (but not downloaded).
 
-The query term is processed as a reqular repression where some characters, for example dot (.), have a special meaning.
+The query term is processed as a regular expression where some characters, for example dot (.), have a special meaning.
 The same regular expression syntax is used with e.g. grep, awk and sed commands.
 The most commonly occurring special characters are listed below:
 
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ The most commonly occurring special characters are listed below:
     [^ ] matches any character, except the characters inside the brackets. 
     For example [^abc] would select all rows that contain also other characters
     than just a,b and c.
-    * matchs zero or more of the preceding character or expression
+    * matches zero or more of the preceding character or expression
     \{n,m\} matches n to m occurrences of the preceding character or expression
 
 Options:
@@ -133,11 +134,11 @@ Options:
 -b, --bucket <bucket_name>   By default all the standard buckets, used by a-put, are searched. Option --bucket allows you to specify a 
                         single bucket that will be used for the search.
 
--a, --all                    By default all the standard buckets, used by a-put, are searched. Option --all defines that all the bukets of
-                             of the project will be included in the search.
+-a, --all                    By default all the standard buckets, used by a-put, are searched. Option --all defines 
+                             that all the buckets of the project will be included in the search.
 
--s, --silent                 Ouput just the object names and number of hits. If -file in cluded print object name and 
-                             matching file name on one row.
+-s, --silent                 Output just the object names and number of hits. If -file option is included,
+                             print object name and matching file name on one row.
 
 
 Related commands: a-put, a-get, a-delete, a-info

a-flip

@@ -49,19 +49,18 @@ done
 
 if [ $print_help -eq 1 ]; then
 cat <<EOF
-a-flip is a tool to make individual files temporaraily available in the internet.
+a-flip is a tool to make individual files temporary available in the internet.
 
 a-flip copies a file to Allas into a bucket that can be publicly accessed. Thus, anyone with the address (URL) of the 
 uploaded data object can read and download the data with a web browser or tools like *wget* and *curl*. 
 a-flip works mostly like a-publish but there are some differences: 
-1) only the predfined bucket name ( _username-projectNumber_-flip ) can be used
+1) only the pre-defined bucket name ( _username-projectNumber_-flip ) can be used
 2) When the command is executed it automatically deletes objects that are oldes than two days
 
 The basic syntax of the command is:
 
-```
-a-flip file_name
-```
+  a-flip file_name
+
 The file is uploaded to a bucket _username-projectNumber_-flip. You can define other bucket names can't be used.
 The URL to the uploaded object is:
 

a-info

@@ -124,14 +124,14 @@ done
 if [ $print_help -eq 1 ]; then
 cat <<EOF
 This tool is used to show information about a data object that has been uploaded to Allas service using the a-put command.
-The basic syntax of the comand is:
+The basic syntax of the command is:
 
    a-info object_name
 
 
 Options:
 
--p, --project <project_ID>   Get infromation about objects form the buckets of the defined project in stead of the currently configured project. 
+-p, --project <project_ID>   Get information about objects form the buckets of the defined project in stead of the currently configured project. 
 
 -b, --bucket                 Object name includes bucket name and the command does not try to use the default bucket names.
 

a-list

@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@ Options:
 
 -d  --dir               List content so that  / -characters on object names are used to define a directory structure.
 
--l, --lh <project_ID>   Print out detaled listing of the bukects or objects in a bucket.
+-l, --lh <project_ID>   Print out detailed listing of the buckets or objects in a bucket.
 
--p, --prefix            List only objects startting with the given prefix
+-p, --prefix            List only objects starting with the given prefix.
 
 Related commands: a-put, a-get, a-delete, a-find
 

a-publish

@@ -117,11 +117,13 @@ a-publish options:
 
  -b, --bucket       Use the defined bucket in stead of the default bucket name
  -o, --os_file      Define alternative name for the object that will be created  
- -i, --index        (static/dynamic).  By defaul a-publis creates a static index file that 
-                    includes the objects that are in the target bucket when the command is executed.
-                    With setting --index dynamic the command adds a javascript based index file to the
-                    bucket. With this option the index.html page lists the objects that are 
-                    available in the bucket in the time when this page is accessed. This dynamic indexing tool can list
+ -i, --index        (static/dynamic).  By default a-publish creates a static index 
+                    file that includes the objects that are in the target bucket when 
+                    the command is executed.
+                    With setting --index dynamic the command adds a javascript based 
+                    index file to the bucket. With this option the index.html page 
+                    lists the objects that are available in the bucket in the time when 
+                    this page is accessed. This dynamic indexing tool can list
                     only up to 1000 files.
  --input-list       List of files to be uploaded.    
  

a-put

@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ done
 if [[ $print_help -eq 1 ]]; then
 cat <<EOF
 This tool is used to upload data from the disk environment 
-of CSC's supercomputers to Allas storage environmnet. 
+of CSC's supercomputers to Allas storage environment. 
 a-put can be used in other environments too.
 
 The basic syntax of the command is:
@@ -316,14 +316,7 @@ By default this tool performs following operations:
 2. In case of directory, the content of the directory is 
    collected into a single file (using tar command).
 
-3. By default option --compress (-c), is used. This means that 
-   the data is compressed using zstdmt command. This is the 
-   recommended way if you will be using the data only in 
-   CSC super computers. If you plan to use the uploaded dataset 
-   in other servers, where zstdmt compression may not be available, 
-   you can disable compression with option --nc (-n).
-
-4. By default the  data is uploaded to Allas using rclone command 
+3. By default the data is uploaded to Allas using rclone command 
    and swift protocol. S3 protocol is available too.
 
 NOTE! Data was compression with zstdmt command is no longer done by 
@@ -343,14 +336,14 @@ The default option is that data that locates in:
 In other cases the data uploaded to by default : username-poject_number-MISC
 
 For example for user kkaytaj belonging in project_201234, data 
-locatioing in home directory will be uploaded to bucket:  kkayttaj-201234-MISC.
+locating in home directory will be uploaded to bucket:  kkayttaj-201234-MISC.
 
 The compressed dataset will be stored as one object. The object 
 name depends on the file name and location. The logic used is that 
-the possible subdirectory path in Mahti or Puhti is included 
+the possible sub-directory path in Mahti or Puhti is included 
 in the object name. 
 
-E.g. a file called test_1.txt in scratch directroy of Puhti can be 
+E.g. a file called test_1.txt in scratch directory of Puhti can be 
 stored with commands:
 
    cd /scratch/project_201234
@@ -386,7 +379,7 @@ a-put command line options:
                             created.
 
 -S, --s3cmd                 Use S3 protocol in stead of swift protocol 
-                            for upoload.
+                            for upload.
 
 -n, --nc                    Do not compress the data that will be uploaded.
                             (This is now the default mode thus this option is 
@@ -397,7 +390,7 @@ a-put command line options:
  
 -h, --help                  Print this help.
 
--t, --tmpdir                Define a direcrory that will be used to store 
+-t, --tmpdir                Define a directory that will be used to store 
                             temporary files of the upload process.
 
 -s, --silent                Less output
@@ -419,20 +412,19 @@ a-put command line options:
 
 --override                  Allow overwriting existing objects.
 
---input-list <list_file>    Give a file that lists the files or directtories 
-                            to be uploaded to Allas.
-                            Each item will be stored as one object.
+--input-list <list_file>    Give a file that lists the files or directories 
+                            to be uploaded to Allas. Each item will be stored as one object.
 
 -a, --asis                  Copy the given file or content of a directory to Allas
                             without compression and packing so that each file in the 
                             directory will be copied to Allas as an individual object.
-                            The object name contrains the relative path of the file to 
+                            The object name contains the relative path of the file to 
                             be copied. 
 
 --follow-links              When uploading a directory, include linked files as real files
-                            in sead of links.
+                            in stead of links.
 
--e, --encrypt <methiod>     Options: gpg and c4gh. Encrypt data with pgp or crypt4gh.
+-e, --encrypt <method>      Options: gpg and c4gh. Encrypt data with pgp or crypt4gh.
 
 --pk, --public-key          Public key used for crypt4gh encryption.