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
program to conduct the copy in the background:
open terminal window and type:
3. rsync -av laptopFromDir/ loginid@scu-login01.med.cornell.edu:~/loginToDir/
Note: Be 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.