Overview
This table helps you choose which tool is most suitable for your application
| Application | Recommended Tool | Discussion |
|---|---|---|
| Browsing and interacting directly with files without having to download them locally | bs mount |
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| Interactive selective copying | bs mount |
The interactive nature of BaseMount makes it easier to select files to copy |
| Scripted or programmatic copying | bs cp |
bs cp in scripts avoids having to bs mount firstbs cp has better error reporting |
| Downloading runfolders with thousands of small files | bs cp |
BaseMount relies on Unix tools like cp and rsync, which only copy one file at a time.
By copying more than one file in parallel, bs cp performs better on these examples |
| Uploading samples | bs sample upload |
The sample uploader is the only tool able to do fastq validation |
