From 495f20d52565100b26a7cbe51f25e073f82dbb07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wirawan Purwanto Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2023 17:36:10 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] * Added initial (stub) notes for syncing/copying with rclone. --- cloud-storage/20230123.gdrive-rclone-sync.md | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) create mode 100644 cloud-storage/20230123.gdrive-rclone-sync.md diff --git a/cloud-storage/20230123.gdrive-rclone-sync.md b/cloud-storage/20230123.gdrive-rclone-sync.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1fb76da --- /dev/null +++ b/cloud-storage/20230123.gdrive-rclone-sync.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +Google Drive & RClone: Backing Up, Syncing & Copying +==================================================== + +Rclone supports several modes of syncing: + + - "sync" + - "copy" + +What are the differences? +From rclone's website: + +> "Sync the source to the destination, changing the destination + only. Doesn't transfer files that are identical on source and + destination, testing by size and modification time or + MD5SUM. Destination is updated to match source, including deleting + files if necessary (except duplicate objects, see below). If you + don't want to delete files from destination, use the copy command + instead." ([ref](https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_sync/)) + +Unless you want to perform deletion on the destination to match 100% +what's on the source, you will want to first look at the "copy" +operation. + + + +References: + +https://www.carc.usc.edu/user-information/user-guides/data-management/transferring-files-rclone \ No newline at end of file