From 368ed9e67d0ab6de72b88bff7fe68199c1d1841c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Craig-Wood Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2019 17:43:06 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] docs: add a FAQ entry about --max-backlog --- docs/content/faq.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/content/faq.md b/docs/content/faq.md index fa50eb033..b060bfe57 100644 --- a/docs/content/faq.md +++ b/docs/content/faq.md @@ -188,3 +188,10 @@ causes not all domains to be resolved properly. Additionally with the `GODEBUG=netdns=` environment variable the Go resolver decision can be influenced. This also allows to resolve certain issues with DNS resolution. See the [name resolution section in the go docs](https://golang.org/pkg/net/#hdr-Name_Resolution). + +### The total size reported in the stats for a sync is wrong and keeps changing + +It is likely you have more than 10,000 files that need to be +synced. By default rclone only gets 10,000 files ahead in a sync so as +not to use up too much memory. You can change this default with the +[--max-backlog](/docs/#max-backlog-n) flag.