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  • A UoM Mediaflux project

  • Access to UoM VPN

  • Access to a terminal or command prompt

  • Installed rsync on your system (ensure the rsync protocol version is 30 or later)OPTIONAL: Below steps are only necessary when using rsync on UoM Mediaflux Test server:

  • Connect to university VPN

  • Connect to RCS VPN

Options supported

List of supported args/options:

-a

-t

-p

-g

-n/--dry-run

--delete

--exclude

--include

-v

-l

-r

-i/--itemize-changes

--filter

-I/--ignore-times

-o

-d/--dirs

--progress

--stderr=e|a|c seems to work

--update, -u


Example 1: Upload Files From Your Local Computer Into Your Mediaflux Project

$ rsync -rv -e 'ssh -p 6600 -l unimelb:YOUR_UOM_USERNAME' YOUR_LOCAL_DIRECTORY/ mediaflux-test.researchsoftware.unimelb.edu.au::projects/YOUR_MEDIAFLUX_PROJECT/FOLDER/

Code Block
$ rsync -rv -e 'ssh -p 6600 -l unimelb:smithj' /Downloads/files/ mediaflux-test.researchsoftware.unimelb.edu.au::projects/proj-test-1234.5.6/dir01/folder01/

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$ rsync -rv -e 'ssh -p 6600 -l unimelb:YOUR_UOM_USERNAME' mediaflux-test.researchsoftware.unimelb.edu.au::projects/YOUR_MEDIAFLUX_PROJECT/FOLDER/ YOUR_LOCAL_DIRECTORY/

Code Block
$ rsync -rv -e 'ssh -p 6600 -l unimelb:smithj' mediaflux-test.researchsoftware.unimelb.edu.au::projects/proj-test-1234.5.6/dir01/folder01/ /Downloads/files/

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  • For include (need to be paired with exclude option): $ rsync -rv --include "FILTER_CONDITION" --exclude="*" -e 'ssh -p 6600 -l unimelb:YOUR_UOM_USERNAME' YOUR_LOCAL_DIRECTORY/ mediaflux-test.researchsoftware.unimelb.edu.au::projects/YOUR_MEDIAFLUX_PROJECT/FOLDER/

Code Block
$ rsync -rv --include "*.zip" --exclude "*" -e 'ssh -p 6600 -l unimelb:smithj' /Downloads/files/ mediaflux-test.researchsoftware.unimelb.edu.au::projects/proj-test-1234.5.6/dir01/folder01/

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  • For exclude: $ rsync -rv --exclude "FILTER_CONDITION" -e 'ssh -p 6600 -l unimelb:YOUR_UOM_USERNAME' YOUR_LOCAL_DIRECTORY/ mediaflux-test.researchsoftware.unimelb.edu.au::projects/YOUR_MEDIAFLUX_PROJECT/FOLDER/

Code Block
$ rsync -rv --exclude "*.zip"  -e 'ssh -p 6600 -l unimelb:smithj' /Downloads/files/ mediaflux-test.researchsoftware.unimelb.edu.au::projects/proj-test-1234.5.6/dir01/folder01/

...

Code Block
$ rsync -rv --delete -e 'ssh -p 6600 -l unimelb:smithj' /Downloads/files/ mediaflux-test.researchsoftware.unimelb.edu.au::projects/proj-test-1234.5.6/dir01/folder01/

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Code Block
$ rsync -rv -n -e 'ssh -p 6600 -l unimelb:smithj' /Downloads/files/ mediaflux-test.researchsoftware.unimelb.edu.au::projects/proj-test-1234.5.6/dir01/folder01/

Errors from unexpected usage

Not specifying your project name after projects when trying to rsync will give you an error

Eg: this cmd

$ rsync -rv -e 'ssh -p 6600 -l unimelb:YOUR_UOM_USERNAME' YOUR_LOCAL_DIRECTORY/ mediaflux.researchsoftware.unimelb.edu.au::projects

Code Block
$ rsync -rv -e 'ssh -p 6600 -l unimelb:smithj' /Downloads/files/ mediaflux.researchsoftware.unimelb.edu.au::projects

will give this error:

Failed to add /projects/. to initial file list: java.io.IOException: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.RuntimeException: arc.mf.server.Services$ExServiceError: call to service 'asset.get' failed: No permission to access metadata for asset (id) 199

Conclusion

Congratulations! You've learned the basics of using rsync to synchronise your data to your UoM Mediaflux project. If you have any question, please feel free to contact us viahttp

UoM Staff: https://go.unimelb.edu.au/or96 ./tu78

UoM Students: https://go.unimelb.edu.au/6o78