--- date: 2017-07-22T18:15:25+01:00 title: "rclone" slug: rclone url: /commands/rclone/ --- ## rclone Sync files and directories to and from local and remote object stores - v1.37 ### Synopsis Rclone is a command line program to sync files and directories to and from various cloud storage systems and using file transfer services, such as: * Google Drive * Amazon S3 * Openstack Swift / Rackspace cloud files / Memset Memstore * Dropbox * Google Cloud Storage * Amazon Drive * Microsoft OneDrive * Hubic * Backblaze B2 * Yandex Disk * SFTP * FTP * HTTP * The local filesystem Features * MD5/SHA1 hashes checked at all times for file integrity * Timestamps preserved on files * Partial syncs supported on a whole file basis * Copy mode to just copy new/changed files * Sync (one way) mode to make a directory identical * Check mode to check for file hash equality * Can sync to and from network, eg two different cloud accounts See the home page for installation, usage, documentation, changelog and configuration walkthroughs. * https://rclone.org/ ``` rclone [flags] ``` ### Options ``` --acd-templink-threshold int Files >= this size will be downloaded via their tempLink. (default 9G) --acd-upload-wait-per-gb duration Additional time per GB to wait after a failed complete upload to see if it appears. (default 3m0s) --ask-password Allow prompt for password for encrypted configuration. (default true) --b2-chunk-size int Upload chunk size. Must fit in memory. (default 96M) --b2-test-mode string A flag string for X-Bz-Test-Mode header. --b2-upload-cutoff int Cutoff for switching to chunked upload (default 190.735M) --b2-versions Include old versions in directory listings. --backup-dir string Make backups into hierarchy based in DIR. --buffer-size int Buffer size when copying files. (default 16M) --bwlimit BwTimetable Bandwidth limit in kBytes/s, or use suffix b|k|M|G or a full timetable. --checkers int Number of checkers to run in parallel. (default 8) -c, --checksum Skip based on checksum & size, not mod-time & size --config string Config file. (default "/home/ncw/.rclone.conf") --contimeout duration Connect timeout (default 1m0s) -L, --copy-links Follow symlinks and copy the pointed to item. --cpuprofile string Write cpu profile to file --crypt-show-mapping For all files listed show how the names encrypt. --delete-after When synchronizing, delete files on destination after transfering --delete-before When synchronizing, delete files on destination before transfering --delete-during When synchronizing, delete files during transfer (default) --delete-excluded Delete files on dest excluded from sync --drive-auth-owner-only Only consider files owned by the authenticated user. --drive-chunk-size int Upload chunk size. Must a power of 2 >= 256k. (default 8M) --drive-formats string Comma separated list of preferred formats for downloading Google docs. (default "docx,xlsx,pptx,svg") --drive-list-chunk int Size of listing chunk 100-1000. 0 to disable. (default 1000) --drive-shared-with-me Only show files that are shared with me --drive-skip-gdocs Skip google documents in all listings. --drive-trashed-only Only show files that are in the trash --drive-upload-cutoff int Cutoff for switching to chunked upload (default 8M) --drive-use-trash Send files to the trash instead of deleting permanently. --dropbox-chunk-size int Upload chunk size. Max 150M. (default 128M) -n, --dry-run Do a trial run with no permanent changes --dump-auth Dump HTTP headers with auth info --dump-bodies Dump HTTP headers and bodies - may contain sensitive info --dump-filters Dump the filters to the output --dump-headers Dump HTTP headers - may contain sensitive info --exclude stringArray Exclude files matching pattern --exclude-from stringArray Read exclude patterns from file --fast-list Use recursive list if available. Uses more memory but fewer transactions. --files-from stringArray Read list of source-file names from file -f, --filter stringArray Add a file-filtering rule --filter-from stringArray Read filtering patterns from a file --gcs-location string Default location for buckets (us|eu|asia|us-central1|us-east1|us-east4|us-west1|asia-east1|asia-noetheast1|asia-southeast1|australia-southeast1|europe-west1|europe-west2). --gcs-storage-class string Default storage class for buckets (MULTI_REGIONAL|REGIONAL|STANDARD|NEARLINE|COLDLINE|DURABLE_REDUCED_AVAILABILITY). --ignore-checksum Skip post copy check of checksums. --ignore-existing Skip all files that exist on destination --ignore-size Ignore size when skipping use mod-time or checksum. -I, --ignore-times Don't skip files that match size and time - transfer all files --include stringArray Include files matching pattern --include-from stringArray Read include patterns from file --local-no-unicode-normalization Don't apply unicode normalization to paths and filenames --log-file string Log everything to this file --log-level string Log level DEBUG|INFO|NOTICE|ERROR (default "NOTICE") --low-level-retries int Number of low level retries to do. (default 10) --max-age string Don't transfer any file older than this in s or suffix ms|s|m|h|d|w|M|y --max-depth int If set limits the recursion depth to this. (default -1) --max-size int Don't transfer any file larger than this in k or suffix b|k|M|G (default off) --memprofile string Write memory profile to file --min-age string Don't transfer any file younger than this in s or suffix ms|s|m|h|d|w|M|y --min-size int Don't transfer any file smaller than this in k or suffix b|k|M|G (default off) --modify-window duration Max time diff to be considered the same (default 1ns) --no-check-certificate Do not verify the server SSL certificate. Insecure. --no-gzip-encoding Don't set Accept-Encoding: gzip. --no-traverse Don't traverse destination file system on copy. --no-update-modtime Don't update destination mod-time if files identical. --old-sync-method Deprecated - use --fast-list instead -x, --one-file-system Don't cross filesystem boundaries. --onedrive-chunk-size int Above this size files will be chunked - must be multiple of 320k. (default 10M) --onedrive-upload-cutoff int Cutoff for switching to chunked upload - must be <= 100MB (default 10M) -q, --quiet Print as little stuff as possible --retries int Retry operations this many times if they fail (default 3) --s3-acl string Canned ACL used when creating buckets and/or storing objects in S3 --s3-storage-class string Storage class to use when uploading S3 objects (STANDARD|REDUCED_REDUNDANCY|STANDARD_IA) --size-only Skip based on size only, not mod-time or checksum --stats duration Interval between printing stats, e.g 500ms, 60s, 5m. (0 to disable) (default 1m0s) --stats-log-level string Log level to show --stats output DEBUG|INFO|NOTICE|ERROR (default "INFO") --stats-unit string Show data rate in stats as either 'bits' or 'bytes'/s (default "bytes") --suffix string Suffix for use with --backup-dir. --swift-chunk-size int Above this size files will be chunked into a _segments container. (default 5G) --syslog Use Syslog for logging --syslog-facility string Facility for syslog, eg KERN,USER,... (default "DAEMON") --timeout duration IO idle timeout (default 5m0s) --tpslimit float Limit HTTP transactions per second to this. --tpslimit-burst int Max burst of transactions for --tpslimit. (default 1) --track-renames When synchronizing, track file renames and do a server side move if possible --transfers int Number of file transfers to run in parallel. (default 4) -u, --update Skip files that are newer on the destination. -v, --verbose count[=-1] Print lots more stuff (repeat for more) -V, --version Print the version number ``` ### SEE ALSO * [rclone authorize](/commands/rclone_authorize/) - Remote authorization. * [rclone cat](/commands/rclone_cat/) - Concatenates any files and sends them to stdout. * [rclone check](/commands/rclone_check/) - Checks the files in the source and destination match. * [rclone cleanup](/commands/rclone_cleanup/) - Clean up the remote if possible * [rclone config](/commands/rclone_config/) - Enter an interactive configuration session. * [rclone copy](/commands/rclone_copy/) - Copy files from source to dest, skipping already copied * [rclone copyto](/commands/rclone_copyto/) - Copy files from source to dest, skipping already copied * [rclone cryptcheck](/commands/rclone_cryptcheck/) - Cryptcheck checks the integrity of a crypted remote. * [rclone dbhashsum](/commands/rclone_dbhashsum/) - Produces a Dropbbox hash file for all the objects in the path. * [rclone dedupe](/commands/rclone_dedupe/) - Interactively find duplicate files delete/rename them. * [rclone delete](/commands/rclone_delete/) - Remove the contents of path. * [rclone genautocomplete](/commands/rclone_genautocomplete/) - Output bash completion script for rclone. * [rclone gendocs](/commands/rclone_gendocs/) - Output markdown docs for rclone to the directory supplied. * [rclone listremotes](/commands/rclone_listremotes/) - List all the remotes in the config file. * [rclone ls](/commands/rclone_ls/) - List all the objects in the path with size and path. * [rclone lsd](/commands/rclone_lsd/) - List all directories/containers/buckets in the path. * [rclone lsjson](/commands/rclone_lsjson/) - List directories and objects in the path in JSON format. * [rclone lsl](/commands/rclone_lsl/) - List all the objects path with modification time, size and path. * [rclone md5sum](/commands/rclone_md5sum/) - Produces an md5sum file for all the objects in the path. * [rclone mkdir](/commands/rclone_mkdir/) - Make the path if it doesn't already exist. * [rclone mount](/commands/rclone_mount/) - Mount the remote as a mountpoint. **EXPERIMENTAL** * [rclone move](/commands/rclone_move/) - Move files from source to dest. * [rclone moveto](/commands/rclone_moveto/) - Move file or directory from source to dest. * [rclone ncdu](/commands/rclone_ncdu/) - Explore a remote with a text based user interface. * [rclone obscure](/commands/rclone_obscure/) - Obscure password for use in the rclone.conf * [rclone purge](/commands/rclone_purge/) - Remove the path and all of its contents. * [rclone rmdir](/commands/rclone_rmdir/) - Remove the path if empty. * [rclone rmdirs](/commands/rclone_rmdirs/) - Remove empty directories under the path. * [rclone sha1sum](/commands/rclone_sha1sum/) - Produces an sha1sum file for all the objects in the path. * [rclone size](/commands/rclone_size/) - Prints the total size and number of objects in remote:path. * [rclone sync](/commands/rclone_sync/) - Make source and dest identical, modifying destination only. * [rclone version](/commands/rclone_version/) - Show the version number. ###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra on 22-Jul-2017