#!/bin/sh NPROCS=$1 MIRRORDIR=pdb # your top level rsync directory RSYNC=rsync # location of local rsync SERVER=rsync.wwpdb.org::ftp # RCSB PDB server name PORT=33444 # port RCSB PDB server is using # get file list, remove first and last 3 lines from output (double-check that these lines are not needed) ${RSYNC} -lpt -v -z --delete --port=$PORT --no-h --list-only ${SERVER}/data/structures/divided/pdb/ | cut -c 44- | head -n -3 | tail -n +3 > dirlist.txt cat dirlist.txt | xargs -n1 -P${NPROCS} -I% rsync -rlpt -v -z --port=$PORT -P ${SERVER}/data/structures/divided/pdb/% $MIRRORDIR rm dirlist.txt