DFS

The DFS tree is a curated list of shares that includes your Windows/Linux home area as well as any group shares you're a member of. This makes it a good hub for transfering files between operating systems or sharing files with your group.

GUI Access

It can be accessed by opening Thunar (File Manager) from the Application Menu in the top left and entering "smb://physics.ox.ac.uk/dfs".

This will only work for systems on the Physics network, or systems using the VPN.

Console Access

You can use sftp/rsync/scp to access the DFS tree in the console by connecting to sftp://winfe.physics.ox.ac.uk/dfs/.

You can also use this URL in Thunar if you are running externally.

If you want to sync files to your linux home (for example) you can run

rsync -Pr ./projects winfe.physics.ox.ac.uk/dfs/LinuxUsers/home/

this will copy the project directory on your current system to your Linux home area.

A more full tutorial on rsync can be found on this Linuxize post

Common Areas