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There is an automatic transfer of data from the instrument to the file servers in Sutherland and Cape Town, every morning at 7:30. So you should not need to worry about the security of your data. However, you'll still need to access your data! We describe here how to do this. There are two ways to transfer get the data: (1) directly to your computer from the instrument PC or (2) onto from the SAAO storage area network (SAN). The data are automatically copied to the server every morning (at 7:30am).* To use method (1) To transfer data directly to your computer, use the command line.:

* (2) To move data to the SAN on the Sutherland plateau (from which you can access it by connecting to the SAAO server), there is a data copy script on the SHOC computer. ** From a command line, connect to the instrument computer. As appropriate for your telescope, use either of the following commands: ssh shoc74in@shoc74in.suth.saao.ac.za ssh shoc40in@shoc40in.suth.saao.ac.za ---- When prompted for the password, use the password for the 74in or 40in user.**Run the shocdatacopy.sh script. Options can be: shocdatacopy.sh -d yesterday # to transfer yesterday's data shocdatacopy.sh -d YYYYMMDD # to transfer data from some specified date ---- Without parameters, it will try to transfer today's data.** To collect your data from the SAN, you'll have to secure copy it from '''astro.suth.saao.ac.za'''. The usernames for this are '''ccd40''' and '''ccd74''' depending on your telescope. Ask for the password. Data are in the path /data/telescopedata/<TELESCOPE>/sh?/<YYYY>/<MMDD>