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+################################################################################
+# Copyright 2022 Antonin Portelli 
+# 
+# This file is part of miria-cli.
+#
+# miria-cli is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under 
+# the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software 
+# Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any 
+# later version.
+#
+# miria-cli is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY 
+# WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS 
+# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with 
+# miria-cli. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+################################################################################
+
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -uoe pipefail
+
+script_dir=$(dirname $(readlink -f $0))
+source ${script_dir}/functions.sh
+miria_get_url
+miria_get_agent
+
+print_usage() {
+  echo "usage: $(basename $0) -p <project> -s <path> [-x -d <directory>]" 1>&2
+  echo "" 1>&2
+  echo "flags:" 1>&2
+  echo "  -p: destination project" 1>&2
+  echo "  -d: destination directory (default: /)" 1>&2
+  echo "  -s: source local directory (global path, must be available in Miria)"
+  echo "  -x: show raw XML answer" 1>&2
+}
+
+project=''
+src=''
+dest='/'
+xml='false'
+while getopts 'xp:s:d:' flag; do
+  case "${flag}" in
+    p) project="${OPTARG}" ;;
+    s) src="${OPTARG}"     ;;
+    d) dest="${OPTARG}"    ;;
+    x) xml='true'          ;;
+    *) print_usage
+       exit 1 ;;
+  esac
+done
+if [[ -z  "${project}" ]]; then
+  miria_error "missing -p flag"
+  print_usage
+  exit 1
+fi
+if [[ -z "${src}" ]]; then
+  miria_error "missing -s flag"
+  print_usage
+  exit 1
+fi
+# TODO: the /mnt/lustre prefix is here to fix path mismatch
+# between tursa-login1 and tursa-dt1 and should be removed
+if [[ -d "/mnt/lustre/${src}" ]]; then
+  miria_api_cmd archiveFolder "src=${miria_agent}@${src}"        \
+                              "dst=${project}@${dest}"           \
+                              "archiving_policy=Project%20Archive"
+elif [[ -f "/mnt/lustre/${src}" ]]; then
+  miria_api_cmd archiveFile "src=${miria_agent}@${src}"        \
+                            "dst=${project}@${dest}"           \
+                            "archiving_policy=Project%20Archive"
+else
+  miria_error "path ${src} invalid"
+  exit 1
+fi
+if [[ "${xml}" == "true" ]]; then
+  echo "${miria_last_xml}"
+else
+  job="$(miria_xml_get_string "${miria_last_xml}" '//job_id')"
+  echo "archive task submission successful, job ID ${job}"
+fi