Can rclone union hide files without deleting them?

[Nevrion (Pierre)]

What is the problem you are having with rclone?

I don't have a problem, I have a question for understanding about Union.

Run the command 'rclone version' and share the full output of the command.

rclone v1.66.0

• os/version: slackware 15.0+ (64 bit)
• os/kernel: 6.1.79-Unraid (x86_64)
• os/type: linux
• os/arch: amd64
• go/version: go1.22.1
• go/linking: static
• go/tags: none

Which cloud storage system are you using? (eg Google Drive)

no cloud storage

My Question

I want to connect mnt/local and remote: to /mnt/merge. New files written to /mnt/merge should be stored in local. Files in local should also be deletable via /mnt/merge. Files located under remote: should become "invisible" under /mnt/merge and not be deleted in remote: . Is that possible?

remote: is an SFTP connection.

I solved this with unionfs years ago, but I couldn't find a way to install it on Unraid. While searching on Google, I then stumbled upon rclone union.

[kapitainsky]

@Nevrion

I want to connect mnt/local and remote: to /mnt/merge. New files written to /mnt/merge should be stored in local. Files in local should also be deletable via /mnt/merge. Files located under remote: should become "invisible" under /mnt/merge and not be deleted in remote: . Is that possible?

Your description means that you do not need remote at all... As you say you do not want to see it nor modify. Using only mnt/local fulfils your requirement.