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All examples are done with the AA complex, but you should use ecs-login if you don't have access to the full HPCF service.

user@ecgb11:~> rsync -av $SCRATCH/mydataset aa-login:/scratch/user/

user@aauser@aa6-106100:~> rsync -av ecgate:/scratch/group/user/mydataset $SCRATCH/

You can use the $HOME environment variable to refer to your files in the rsync command provided this is protected by single quotes to ensure the variable is expanded on the remote host.

For example,  to copy a directory from $HOME on ecgate to $HOME on Atos HPCF, initiating the transfer from ecgate, use:

rsync -av $HOME/mydataset 'aa-login:$HOME/'

However, the $SCRATCH or $PERM environment variables can only be used to refer to your files on the local host from where you initiate the rsync command as these are not set for use by the rsync command on the remote host.

An alternative option is to use the $HOME variable with pattern substitution.  For example, to copy a directory tree from $SCRATCH on ecgate to $SCRATCH on Atos HPCF running the command on ecgate use:

user@ecgb11:~> rsync -av $SCRATCH/mydataset 'aa-login:${HOME/home/scratch}/'

or from $PERM on ecgate to $PERM on Atos HPCF running the command on the latter use:

user@aauser@aa6-100:~> rsync -av 'ecgate:${HOME/home/perm}/mydataset' $PERM/

The single quotes are needed here to ensure the $HOME variable takes its value on the remote rather than the local host.