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CURRENTLY THIS SCRIPT IS KNOWN TO WORK ON MAC. IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS ON OTHER SYSTEMS, LET US KNOW.
Also, before syncing the contents of your laptop onto your lab share, you should consult with your PI, and make sure that this is an acceptable use of the space they purchased.
CCBB users in the Bull, Cannatella, Chen, Hillis, and Hofmann labs can take advantage of this to keep their Linux or Mac laptops up to date. To do this first go into your lab's folder /share/PILab (replace PI with the name of your lab's head). In this folder, should be another folder with your username. Go into this, and make a new directory called LAPTOP (or whateverThis folder is accessible only by you, and by your PI. Once you are in your personal folder, make a directory called SYNC2FILES, and go into it. Finally, make a folder for the device that you want back up (eg, LAPTOP). Please refer to the files server portion of our docs for info on how to do this. This directory is shared between you, and your lab head. This means that you have some privacy from other lab users, but at the same time they will be able to examine what you are storing.
Next go to your home directory, and download our backup script Rsync backup script. Run the command,
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- Much more needs to be added to the exclude file. For sure, we do not have the space for you to back up your personal music collection, iPhoto library, and other non-work related files. Also, we cannot store security sensitive files (see our ISORA page for more info), and in fact you should not be storing them on your laptop or desktop anyways. If someone can send us information as to where things like iTunes store their files, or where other files that can be safely ignore are stored, then we can make this process better by making OS specific exclude files.
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