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[REFACTOR:data-transfer] Cleanup presentation of remote mounting tools #79

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Expand Up @@ -215,14 +215,15 @@ rsync -avzpP -e "ssh -p 8022" /drives/c/Users/janedoe/Downloads/ yourlogin@acces

You can also consider alternative approaches to synchronize data with the cluster login node:

* rely on a versioning system such as [GIT](http://git-scm.com); this approach works well for source code trees.
* mount your remote homedir by [SSHFS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSHFS). On Mac OS X, you should consider installing [MacFusion](http://macfusionapp.org) for this purpose - on classical Linux system, just use the command-line `sshfs` or, `mc`.
- see [below](#sshfs) for details
* you can also rely on GUI tools like [FileZilla](https://filezilla-project.org/), [Cyberduck](https://cyberduck.io/) or [WindSCP](https://winscp.net/eng/download.php) or any paid alternative (like [ExpanDrive](https://www.expandrive.com/) or [ForkLift 3](https://binarynights.com/))
- rely on a versioning system such as [Git](http://git-scm.com); this approach works well for source code trees;
- mount your remote homedir by [SSHFS](#sshfs):
- on Mac OS X, you should consider installing [MacFusion](http://macfusionapp.org) for this purpose, where as
- on Linux, just use the command-line `sshfs` or, `mc`;
- use GUI tools like [FileZilla](https://filezilla-project.org/), [Cyberduck](https://cyberduck.io/), or [WindSCP](https://winscp.net/eng/download.php) (or proprietary options like [ExpanDrive](https://www.expandrive.com/) or [ForkLift 3](https://binarynights.com/)).

### SSHFS

Install the requires packages if they are not already available in your system.
[SSHFS (SSH Filesystem)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSHFS) is a file system client that mounts directories located on a remote server onto a local directory over a normal ssh connection. Install the requires packages if they are not already available in your system.

=== "Linux"
```bash
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# Assuming HomeBrew -- see https://brew.sh
brew install osxfuse sshfs
```
You can also directly install macFUSE from <https://osxfuse.github.io/>
You must reboot for the installation of osxfuse to take effect.
You can then update to the latest version
You can also directly install macFUSE from: <https://osxfuse.github.io/>. You must reboot for the installation of osxfuse to take effect. You can then update to the latest version.


SSHFS allows any user to remotely mount their ULHPC home directory onto a local workstation through an ssh connection.
The CLI format is as follows:
With SSHFS any user can mount their ULHPC home directory onto a local workstation through an ssh connection. The CLI format is as follows:
```
sshfs [user@]host:[dir] mountpoint [options]
```
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