rclone

Summary

  • Module Name: rclone

  • Support Level: Secondary Support

  • Software Access Level: Open Access

  • Home Page: 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