--- date: 2016-08-24T23:47:55+01:00 title: "rclone copy" slug: rclone_copy url: /commands/rclone_copy/ --- ## rclone copy Copy files from source to dest, skipping already copied ### Synopsis Copy the source to the destination. Doesn't transfer unchanged files, testing by size and modification time or MD5SUM. Doesn't delete files from the destination. Note that it is always the contents of the directory that is synced, not the directory so when source:path is a directory, it's the contents of source:path that are copied, not the directory name and contents. If dest:path doesn't exist, it is created and the source:path contents go there. For example rclone copy source:sourcepath dest:destpath Let's say there are two files in sourcepath sourcepath/one.txt sourcepath/two.txt This copies them to destpath/one.txt destpath/two.txt Not to destpath/sourcepath/one.txt destpath/sourcepath/two.txt If you are familiar with `rsync`, rclone always works as if you had written a trailing / - meaning "copy the contents of this directory". This applies to all commands and whether you are talking about the source or destination. See the `--no-traverse` option for controlling whether rclone lists the destination directory or not. ``` rclone copy source:path dest:path ``` ### Options inherited from parent commands ``` --acd-templink-threshold int Files >= this size will be downloaded via their tempLink. --acd-upload-wait-time duration Time to wait after a failed complete upload to see if it appears. (default 2m0s) --ask-password Allow prompt for password for encrypted configuration. (default true) --b2-chunk-size int Upload chunk size. Must fit in memory. --b2-test-mode string A flag string for X-Bz-Test-Mode header. --b2-upload-cutoff int Cutoff for switching to chunked upload --b2-versions Include old versions in directory listings. --bwlimit int Bandwidth limit in kBytes/s, or use suffix b|k|M|G --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) --cpuprofile string Write cpu profile to file --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. Requires drive-full-list. --drive-chunk-size int Upload chunk size. Must a power of 2 >= 256k. --drive-formats string Comma separated list of preferred formats for downloading Google docs. (default "docx,xlsx,pptx,svg") --drive-full-list Use a full listing for directory list. More data but usually quicker. (obsolete) --drive-upload-cutoff int Cutoff for switching to chunked upload --drive-use-trash Send files to the trash instead of deleting permanently. --dropbox-chunk-size int Upload chunk size. Max 150M. -n, --dry-run Do a trial run with no permanent changes --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 string Exclude files matching pattern --exclude-from string Read exclude patterns from file --files-from string Read list of source-file names from file -f, --filter string Add a file-filtering rule --filter-from string Read filtering patterns from a file --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 string Include files matching pattern --include-from string Read include patterns from file --log-file string Log everything to this file --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 --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 --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. --onedrive-chunk-size int Above this size files will be chunked - must be multiple of 320k. --onedrive-upload-cutoff int Cutoff for switching to chunked upload - must be <= 100MB -q, --quiet Print as little stuff as possible --retries int Retry operations this many times if they fail (default 3) --size-only Skip based on size only, not mod-time or checksum --stats duration Interval to print stats (0 to disable) (default 1m0s) --swift-chunk-size int Above this size files will be chunked into a _segments container. --timeout duration IO idle timeout (default 5m0s) --transfers int Number of file transfers to run in parallel. (default 4) -u, --update Skip files that are newer on the destination. -v, --verbose Print lots more stuff ``` ### SEE ALSO * [rclone](/commands/rclone/) - Sync files and directories to and from local and remote object stores - v1.33-DEV ###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra on 24-Aug-2016