Kartzinel:Computing Resources
Contents
Useful web links
GIS resources
- Kenya GIS data from World Resources Institute
- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) GIS data for Kenya and region
- Protected Planet
Coding resources
- Google's R coding style guide Be proud of how understandable and reusable your code can be.
Lab code repositories
GIT
Comments... PTF?
Computing at Brown
CCV
Setting up a new CCV account for students/lab members: https://web1.ccv.brown.edu/start/account
Documentation for new CCV users, including how to change passwords: https://www.ccv.brown.edu/doc
Once logged in, our lab's shared data directory is at /gpfs/data/tkartzin
IBES
To gain access to the "Lab Server" through IBES, get permission from the PI and then talk to Henry.
Use your Brown username and password, (or if you are using a computer within Active Directory which you are already logged into), you should have access to our shared files and your private directory with a 100 GB quota.
On a Mac, you get to these using the following paths:
1. Shared: smb://files.brown.edu/Research/IBES_KartzinelLab
2. Your home: smb://files.brown.edu/Home/username (where username is your Brown username)
If you aren't using a Mac, check with Henry.
VPN
To connect to the lab server and other resources from off campus: https://www.brown.edu/information-technology/software/catalog/vpn-f5-desktop-client
Geneious
The lab has a floating license for Geneious.
Useful commands
Command line
- rsync: sync or backup data
rsync -rav [source location]:path [destination path]
rsync {options} {source} {destination}
rsync --help
- ls: list files and folders in a directory
ls -lrth [directory]
