Bash function for painless rsync.

rsync-bash-function_pull.sh

function servername_pull()
{
    if [[ ( $# -eq 0 ) || ( $1 == "--help" ) || ( $1 == "-h" ) ]] ; then
        echo "Usage:   servername_pull PATH_FROM PATH_TO." 
        echo "Purpose: rsync function to pull files from servername." 
        echo "       " 
        echo "Mandatory arguments: " 
        echo "PATH_FROM: Path on server to Rsync from" 
        echo "PATH_TO:   Path on local to Rsync to" 
        echo "       " 
        echo "Example." 
        echo "This:" 
        echo "servername_pull /home/server/path/*.py ./temp"
        echo "       " 
        echo "Becomes:" 
        echo "rsync -avz --progress server_username@server.address.edu.au:/home/server/path/*.py ./temp"

        return 1
    fi
    rsync -avz --progress server_username@server.address.edu.au:$* 
}