Syncing Data

Sync User

To ensure data is protected from accidental deletion/modification it is suggested that you setup a sync user on your system and run the sync scripts as that user. This way if you accidentally run a command such as

rm -rf /path/to/NGSData

You will only get permission denied instead of accidentally deleting your data

Running a sync command as your sync user

You will have to login to the sync user before running the commands in order to use that account to sync the data This could mean that you use the su, sudo or just ssh as that user. This will depend on your system setup

The following scripts exist to sync data from an instrument into the data structure:

• roche_sync
• miseq_sync
• sanger_sync
• ion_sync