Using Rclone

Last updated on 2024-03-22 | Edit this page

Estimated time: 12 minutes

Overview

Questions

  • What is rclone?
  • Why might you need to use this?
  • How could rclone help you manage your data?

Objectives

  • Be able to transfer data from the command line using rclone
  • Know where to get help and examples
  • [something else]

Introduction

Rclone is a command line program to manage files on cloud storage. After download and install, continue here to learn how to use it: Initial configuration, what the basic syntax looks like, describes the various subcommands, the various options, and more.

Test Illustration
Test Illustration

Challenge 1: What can you do with Rclone?

How do you think you might use rclone?

- For large files and/or multiple files rclone is efficient and fast
- Backup work

Rclone command syntax

rclone [command] source:source-folder destination:destination-folder

List of rclone commands: https://rclone.org/commands/

Key Points

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