rsync

Use the Unix command rsync to have mirror copies of your code in Vulcan and the other lab machines. Next we provide a typical example of how to use this command (type man rsync for the Unix help on this command).

Suppose your code is kept in the directory ~/my-code/ in glare. In order to mirror this code to the one in Vulcan you will do:

  $ cd my-code
  $ rsync -avz -e ssh . vulcan:/home/.../my-code

where ... is your home directory. The options -avz will mirror the directory my-code with the corresponding one in Vulcan; rsync will create any files/subdirectories needed so that both directories have the same files/subdirectories.

In case of doubt, typing

  $ rsync -avzn -e ssh . vulcan:/home/.../my-code

will give you the list of things rsync plans to do.