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The alias backend is a wrapper for an existing remote. It allows you to name a "remote:path" as an "alias:".
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title: "Alias"
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description: "Remote Aliases"
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date: "2018-01-30"
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---
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<i class="fa fa-link"></i> Alias
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The `alias` remote provides a new name for another remote.
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Paths may be as deep as required or a local path,
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eg `remote:directory/subdirectory` or `/directory/subdirectory`.
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During the initial setup with `rclone config` you will specify the target
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remote. The target remote can either be a local path or another remote.
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Subfolders can be used in target remote. Asume a alias remote named `backup`
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with the target `mydrive:private/backup`. Invoking `rclone mkdir backup:desktop`
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is exactly the same as invoking `rclone mkdir mydrive:private/backup/desktop`.
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There will be no special handling of paths containing `..` segments.
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Invoking `rclone mkdir backup:../desktop` is exactly the same as invoking
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`rclone mkdir mydrive:private/backup/../desktop`.
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The empty path is not allowed as a remote. To alias the current directory
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use `.` instead.
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Here is an example of how to make a alias called `remote` for local folder.
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First run:
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rclone config
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This will guide you through an interactive setup process:
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```
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No remotes found - make a new one
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n) New remote
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s) Set configuration password
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q) Quit config
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n/s/q> n
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name> remote
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Type of storage to configure.
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Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
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1 / Alias for a existing remote
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\ "alias"
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2 / Amazon Drive
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\ "amazon cloud drive"
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3 / Amazon S3 (also Dreamhost, Ceph, Minio)
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\ "s3"
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4 / Backblaze B2
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\ "b2"
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5 / Box
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\ "box"
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6 / Cache a remote
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\ "cache"
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7 / Dropbox
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\ "dropbox"
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8 / Encrypt/Decrypt a remote
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\ "crypt"
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9 / FTP Connection
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\ "ftp"
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10 / Google Cloud Storage (this is not Google Drive)
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\ "google cloud storage"
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11 / Google Drive
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\ "drive"
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12 / Hubic
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\ "hubic"
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13 / Local Disk
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\ "local"
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14 / Microsoft Azure Blob Storage
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\ "azureblob"
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15 / Microsoft OneDrive
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\ "onedrive"
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16 / Openstack Swift (Rackspace Cloud Files, Memset Memstore, OVH)
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\ "swift"
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17 / Pcloud
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\ "pcloud"
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18 / QingCloud Object Storage
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\ "qingstor"
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19 / SSH/SFTP Connection
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\ "sftp"
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20 / Webdav
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\ "webdav"
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21 / Yandex Disk
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\ "yandex"
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22 / http Connection
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\ "http"
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Storage> 1
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Remote or path to alias.
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Can be "myremote:path/to/dir", "myremote:bucket", "myremote:" or "/local/path".
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remote> /mnt/storage/backup
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Remote config
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[remote]
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remote = /mnt/storage/backup
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y) Yes this is OK
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e) Edit this remote
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d) Delete this remote
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y/e/d> y
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Current remotes:
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Name Type
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==== ====
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remote alias
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e) Edit existing remote
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n) New remote
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d) Delete remote
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r) Rename remote
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c) Copy remote
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s) Set configuration password
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q) Quit config
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e/n/d/r/c/s/q> q
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```
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Once configured you can then use `rclone` like this,
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List directories in top level in `/mnt/storage/backup`
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rclone lsd remote:
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List all the files in `/mnt/storage/backup`
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rclone ls remote:
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Copy another local directory to the alias directory called source
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rclone copy /home/source remote:source
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