PDB FTP RSYNC mirroring script

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#!/bin/sh

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# Script for mirroring PDB FTP archive using rsync
#
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# This script is being provided to PDB users as a template for using rsync 
# to mirror the FTP archive from an anonymous rsync server. You may want 
# to review rsync documentation for options that better suit your needs.
#
# Author: Thomas Solomon
# Date:   November 1, 2002

# Last Updated on: Nov 25 2008

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# You should CHANGE THE NEXT THREE LINES to suit your local setup
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MIRRORDIR=/media/twotb/pdb/xml           # your top level rsync directory
LOGFILE=/media/twotb/pdb/logs/xml.log              # file for storing logs
RSYNC=/usr/bin/rsync                             # location of local rsync

# You should NOT CHANGE THE NEXT TWO LINES

SERVER=rsync.wwpdb.org                                # remote server name
PORT=33444                                           # port remote server is using

${RSYNC} -rlpt -v -z --delete --port=$PORT $SERVER::ftp_data/structures/divided/XML/ $MIRRORDIR > $LOGFILE 2>/dev/null