diff --git a/openbis_all/source/bash/rsync_logs.sh b/openbis_all/source/bash/rsync_logs.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# saves the auth and usage logs of openBIS
+
+export TOMCAT_LOGS=~/sprint/openBIS-server/apache-tomcat/logs
+export RSYNC=/usr/bin/rsync
+export DESTINATION=/local0/home/openbis/tomcat_logs
+
+[ -d $DESTINATION ] || mkdir -p $DESTINATION
+
+$RSYNC -av $TOMCAT_LOGS/*auth* $DESTINATION
+$RSYNC -av $TOMCAT_LOGS/*usage* $DESTINATION