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rsync on Pelle

rsync is a command-line tool for file transfer.

This page describes how to use rsync on Pelle.

Copy a folder from local to Pelle

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  local_computer[Your local computer. Run rsync from here]
  pelle[Pelle]

  local_computer --> |rsync| Pelle

Copy a folder from a local computer to a Pelle home folder.

On your local computer, do:

rsync --recursive [folder_name] [user_name]@pelle.uppmax.uu.se:/home/[user_name]/

For example:

rsync --recursive my_folder sven@pelle.uppmax.uu.se:/home/sven/

The --recursive flag is used to copy a folder and all of its subfolders.

Copy a folder from Pelle to local

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  local_computer[Your local computer. Run rsync from here]
  pelle[Pelle]

  pelle --> |rsync| local_computer

Copy a folder from Pelle to your local computer.

On your local computer, do:

rsync --recursive [user_name]@pelle.uppmax.uu.se:/home/[user_name]/[folder_name] [local_folder_destination]

For example:

rsync --recursive sven@pelle.uppmax.uu.se:/home/sven/my_folder .

Where . means 'the folder where I am now'.