Background

Sometimes, we may need to copy someone's MD projects for reference, and software rsync could be helpful.

However, the file size can be over 10GB! So, option --exclude of rsync is necessary, to exclude all files we do not need, such as .nc, .out, .rst...

Then comes another problem: several symbolic links are missed, such as link 5_run/run000.rst.

Thus, an alias is created for convenience.

Method

Add the following line into file .cshrc in your home directory:

alias ambsync '/usr/bin/rsync -avz --include={3_heat/min_2.rst,4_equil/heat.rst,5_run/run000.rst} --exclude={*.out,*.nc,*.rst,1_build/wbox.*,mdinfo}'

And you can use that command like this:

ambsync dirSrc/* dirTgt

Notes

• Activate that alias using command source ~/.cshrc, or just open another new shell.
• The name ambsync can be changed as you like.
• You can customize the string following option include/exclude, but remember that file names should be joined with one comma , and no spaces .

  legal:   --exclude={*.out,*.nc,*.rst,mdinfo}
  illegal: --exclude={*.out,*.nc,*.rst, mdinfo}

• It is highly recommended to put all aliases together, which means that you should add that line below the line alias ll 'ls -al'.