---
date: 2017-06-15T20:06:09+01:00
title: "rclone"
slug: rclone
url: /commands/rclone/
---
## rclone
Sync files and directories to and from local and remote object stores - v1.36-190-gc34f11a9
### 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
* 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. Requires drive-full-list.
--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-full-list Use a full listing for directory list. More data but usually quicker. (obsolete)
--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-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
--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 "INFO")
--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-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)
--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 integritity 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 any empty directoryies 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.
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