brute_force_rsync.sh

#!/bin/bash
# script to transfer the contents of a remote directory to a local machine
# the script use a brute force approach where the transfer is repeated if
# the return code of the rsync command is anything other than 0 (e.g. if an error occurs)

USERNAME=root
REMOTE_HOST=192.168.1.1
REMOTE_DIR=/home/example
LOCAL_DIR=.

while true
do
	rsync -avz ${USERNAME}@${REMOTE_HOST}:${DIR} ${LOCAL_DIR}
	if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
		exit 0
	fi
done