3 homepage: https://github.com/rclone/rclone
5 rclone: "rsync for cloud storage".
8 To update or switch versions, run `webi rclone@stable` (or `@v1.54`, `@beta`,
13 > rclone is like rsync, but optimized for cloud storage and SSDs. rclone is also
14 > faster than rsync for many use cases.
16 `rclone` is compatible with a wide range of cloud storage providers including:
20 - (AWS, Minio, Digital Ocean, etc)
27 - Google Cloud Storage
30 ### How to copy local files, like rsync
32 `rclone`s cloud-first, SSD-first optimizations can cause performance issues when
33 copying between HDDs. For performance more similar to `cp` (better than `rsync`)
34 you can use the following options:
36 `--tranfers=1` will only copy one file at a time, preventing thrashing and
39 `--check-first` will catalog files before copying.
41 `--order-by name` will copy files one directory at a time.
46 rclone sync -vP --transfers=1 --order-by name --check-first ~/ /Volumes/Backup/home
49 Example, excluding common temporary directories:
52 rclone sync -vP --transfers=1 --order-by name --check-first \
53 --exclude 'node_modules/**' --exclude '.Spotlight-*/**' --exclude '.cache*/**' \
54 ~/ /Volumes/Backup/home