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Explore rclone commands and configurations for efficient cloud storage synchronization and management, including examples for Google Drive, OneDrive, and advanced settings.

Search for all files and exclude txt and tar.gz files

rclone ls google-drive: --filter "- *.txt" --filter "- *.tar.gz" --filter "+ *"

Search for all txt files and exclude the rest

rclone ls google-drive: --filter "+ *.txt" --filter "- *"

Search for all txt and tar.gz files and exclude the rest

rclone ls google-drive: --filter "+ *.txt" --filter "+ *.tar.gz" --filter "- *"

List max-deoth 1 directory and just print files

rclone ls google-drive:  --max-depth 1

List files and directories at the root of your Google Drive

rclone lsf google-drive: --max-depth 1

Transfer folder from pc to google-drive with 25 threads

rclone move  -vcP --transfers=25 --checkers=25 git_zips-20240225.tar.gz google-drive: --drive-chunk-size=64M

Mount Google Drive to /mnt/cloud/google-drive

rclone mount --allow-non-empty --allow-other --allow-root \
--daemon --file-perms 0777 --dir-perms 0777 --no-seek \
--vfs-cache-mode off  google-drive: /mnt/cloud/google-drive

Fastest possible rclone to google drive

rclone copy --transfers=45 --checkers=45 --buffer-size=75M --log-level INFO --log-file=~/logs/rclone/rclone.log  \ 
    --progress-terminal-title --progress --stats-one-line --create-empty-src-dirs --fast-list --max-backlog=999999  
    --drive-chunk-size=512M  /path/ google-drive:/

Download from google drive to local path

rclone sync --drive-chunk-size 512M --transfers=45 --checkers=45  --progress google_drive: /home/<user>/test

Upload from local path to google drive

rclone sync --drive-chunk-size 512M --transfers=45 --checkers=45  \--progress /home/<user>/pictures google_photos:

Download from onedrive to localdrive

rclone sync \
    --drive-chunk-size 512M  \
    --transfers=45 \
    --checkers=45 \
    --progress onedrive: /mnt/usb/cloud/onedrive

Upload from onedrive to localdrive

rclone sync \
    --drive-chunk-size 512M  \
    --transfers=45 \
    --checkers=45 \
    --progress /mnt/usb/cloud/onedrive onedrive:

Mount google photos

rclone mount --allow-non-empty --allow-other --allow-root --daemon --file-perms 0777 \
--dir-perms 0777 --no-seek --vfs-cache-mode off  google-drive: /mnt/cloud/google-drive

Mount onedrive

rclone mount \
    --allow-non-empty \
    --allow-other \
    --allow-root \
    --daemon \
    --file-perms 7777 \
    --dir-perms 7777 \
    -no-seek \
    --vfs-cache-mode off \
    onedrive: /mnt/cloud/onedrive

Copy a folder to onedrive cloud with 45 transfers in parallel

rclone copy /mnt/onedrive  \
    --fast-list \
    --max-backlog=999999 \
    --drive-chunk-size=512M \
    --transfers=45 \
    --checkers=45  \
    --buffer-size=75M \
    --verbose onedrive:/path/on/cloud

Update to get latest features

rclone selfupdate

Create new configuration

rclone config

Allow mounting over a non-empty directory

rclone mount --allow-non-empty

Allow access to other users

rclone mount --allow-other

Allow access to root user

rclone mount --allow-root

Use asynchronous reads

rclone mount --async-read

Time for which file/directory attributes are cached

rclone mount --attr-timeout duration

Run mount in background and exit parent process

rclone mount --daemon

Time limit for rclone to respond to kernel

rclone mount --daemon-timeout duration

Time to wait for ready mount from daemon

rclone mount --daemon-wait duration

Debug the FUSE internals - (This requires: -v

rclone mount --debug-fuse

Makes kernel enforce access control based on the file mode

rclone mount --default-permissions

Set the device name - default is remote:path

rclone mount --devname string

Time to cache directory entries for

rclone mount --dir-cache-time duration

Directory permissions (default 0777)

rclone mount --dir-perms FileMode

File permissions (default 0666)

rclone mount --file-perms FileMode

Flags or arguments to be passed direct to libfuse/WinFsp

rclone mount --fuse-flag stringArray

Override the gid field set by the filesystem

rclone mount --gid uint32

The number of bytes that can be prefetched for sequential reads

rclone mount --max-read-ahead SizeSuffix

Mount as remote network drive, instead of fixed disk drive

rclone mount --network-mode

Don't compare checksums on up/download

rclone mount --no-checksum

Don't read/write the modification time

rclone mount --no-modtime

Don't allow seeking in files

rclone mount --no-seek

Ignore Apple Double (._) and .DS_Store files (supported on OSX only) (default true)

rclone mount --noappledouble

Ignore all com.apple.* extended attributes (supported on OSX only)

rclone mount --noapplexattr

Option for libfuse/WinFsp

rclone mount --option <stringArray>

Time to wait between polling for changes

rclone mount --poll-interval <duration>

Only allow read-only access

rclone mount --read-only

Override the uid field set by the filesystem

rclone mount --uid uint32

Override the permission bits set by the filesystem

rclone mount --umask int

Max age of objects in the cache

rclone mount --vfs-cache-max-age duration

Max total size of objects in the cache

rclone mount --vfs-cache-max-size SizeSuffix

Cache mode: off|minimal|writes|full

rclone mount --vfs-cache-mode CacheMode

Interval to poll the cache for stale objects

rclone mount --vfs-cache-poll-interval <duration>

If a file name not found, find a case insensitive match

rclone mount --vfs-case-insensitive

Specify the total space of disk (default: off)

rclone mount --vfs-disk-space-total-size <SizeSuffix>

Use fast (less accurate) fingerprints for change detection

rclone mount --vfs-fast-fingerprint

Extra read ahead over --buffer-size when using cache-mode full

rclone mount --vfs-read-ahead SizeSuffix

Read the source objects in chunks (default: 128MiB)

rclone mount --vfs-read-chunk-size SizeSuffix

If greater than --vfs-read-chunk-size, double the chunk size after each chunk read

rclone mount --vfs-read-chunk-size-limit SizeSuffix

Time to wait for in-sequence read before seeking

rclone mount --vfs-read-wait duration

Use the rclone size algorithm for used size

rclone mount --vfs-used-is-size rclone size

Time to writeback files after last use when using cache

rclone mount --vfs-write-back duration

Time to wait for in-sequence write before giving error

rclone mount --vfs-write-wait duration

Set the volume name

rclone mount --volname string

Makes kernel buffer writes before sending them to rclone

rclone mount --write-back-cache

Single-Stream Google Drive Backup with Moderate Chunking

rclone move www-20260203.tar.gz gdrive:/www-backups/ --progress --drive-chunk-size 128M --buffer-size 64M --transfers 1 --checkers 1 --stats 10s

Resilient Google Drive Backup with Large Chunks and Rate Limiting

rclone move www-20260203.tar.gz gdrive:/www-backups/ --progress --stats 10s --drive-chunk-size 256M --drive-upload-cutoff 256M --buffer-size 128M --transfers 1 --checkers 1 --retries 8 --low-level-retries 20 --tpslimit 10 --tpslimit-burst 10

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