Take a look at: CAC Virtual Workshop for Data Transfer: rsync
i.e. to copy from your campus laptop to your home directory on the BRB cluster:
If you are not on campus, connect to the Weill vpn.
2. We recommend one uses ‘screen’ to conduct the copy in the background:
open terminal window and type: screen
-- At the prompt 'press space' or 'return to end': press space (you remain in screen)
--To exit screen at any time, type: exit
–- Detatch from the screen session: Ctrl+a d
–- Resume your screen session: screen -r
Note: screen has many options to explore. The above should get you started.
3. rsync -av laptopFromDir/ loginid@scu-login01.med.cornell.edu:~/loginToDir/
Note: Be very careful with or without the slashes using rsync. The above states “copy everything found under laptopFromDir to my home directory in a new directory called ‘loginToDir’ that I previously created.