Directory synch with Google Drive - Any experience?
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maninspired · 2021-03-22 22:07

Hello all. I'm looking to synch select directories with Google Drive.
Simply stated, it would operate just like the "backup and sync" app
does on a windows machine. Any key guidance or experience, positive or
negative, would be helpful.

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rogerairgood · 2021-03-22 22:15

rclone is perfect for this. Take a look at the documentation and then
pkg install rclone

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Fortescue · 2021-03-22 22:17

I use rclone for this. Works great! I have it regularly sync via a
cron one one machine. On the other I have it mounted read-only for
accessing it.

You could also consider using something like duplicati and similar
tools, if you’re wanting it purely for backup purposes.

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lbmdk · 2021-03-23 08:36

As already stated, rclone. Take a look at the "sync" option, is what
you most likely is looking for. There are other parameters as well,
which find very useful as well, which are usefull. E.g. --exclude,
--min-age, --max-age, --log-file

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lkowolowski · 2021-03-23 14:52

I’m using syncthing. Can run as read/write or read-only (only accepts
changes, doesn’t propagate changes). Can have lots of endpoints.
I haven’t gotten crazy with it, but around 40G and a number of git
repos in various directories and it works well.

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throwaway30116 · 2021-07-29 10:29

Have you tried combining it with rclone to access gdrive?
ATM I don't see how syncthing works with gdrive.