# rclone

## Summary

+ **Module Name:** rclone
+ **Support Level:** Secondary Support
+ **Software Access Level:** Open Access
+ **Home Page:** [https://rclone.org](https://rclone.org)

## Software Description

Rclone is a command line program that can be used to synchronize files
and directories between a local machine and various cloud storage
platforms.
## General Linux

To load this software in a Linux environment run the command(s):

	module load rclone

### Setup

To start using rclone,  enter the following command:

	rclone config

This will open an interactive dialogue to configure a new remote transfer endpoint. Follow the dialogue prompts to create an endpoint.

### Usage

The objects in a remote directory can be listed using

	rclone ls remote:path

To copy files to/from a remote, use

	rclone copy source:path dest:path

To synchronize a destination to match a source directory, use

	rclone sync source:path dest:path