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## 1. Via laptop using scp or rsync
## 1. Via laptop using `scp` or `rsync`
When using the UL laptop to transfer data between UL HPC Clusters and Atlas, you must [mount Atlas via smb on laptop](https://service.uni.lu/sp?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0010233) before using ```scp``` and ```rsync``` for the transfer. While both commands ensure a secure transfer of data between the UL HPC Clusters and Atlas, ```rsync``` is in general preferred over ```scp``` due to it's selective incremental transfer of files, which makes it faster than ```scp```.
*```scp```: transfers all files and directories.
*```rsync```: transfers only the files which differs between the source and the destination.