What is the problem you are having with rclone?
Dropbox server side copy takes too much times because of small files.
Run the command 'rclone version' and share the full output of the command.
rclone v1.69.3
- os/version: ubuntu 24.04 (64 bit)
- os/kernel: 6.8.0-1028-oracle (aarch64)
- os/type: linux
- os/arch: arm64 (ARMv8 compatible)
- go/version: go1.24.3
- go/linking: static
- go/tags: none
Which cloud storage system are you using? (eg Google Drive)
Dropbox
The command you were trying to run (eg rclone copy /tmp remote:tmp)
rclone copyto "folder1" "folder2" \
--config="/home/ubuntu/.config/rclone/rclone.conf" \
--fast-list \
--size-only \
--copy-links \
--dropbox-batch-mode sync \
--transfers 60 \
--checkers 60 \
--stats 30s \
--tpslimit 12 \
-P
Please run 'rclone config redacted' and share the full output. If you get command not found, please make sure to update rclone.
[Backup]
type = dropbox
client_id = XXX
client_secret = XXX
token = XXX
[Backupcrypt]
type = crypt
remote = Backup:Backups
password = XXX
password2 = XXX
filename_encoding = base32768
A small part of the log showing number of files, its still ongoing.
Transferred: 5.026 GiB / 15.181 GiB, 33%, 0 B/s, ETA -
Transferred: 13119 / 23239, 56%
Server Side Copies: 13119 @ 5.026 GiB
Elapsed time: 2h22m30.0s
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Transferred: 5.028 GiB / 15.184 GiB, 33%, 0 B/s, ETA -
Transferred: 13381 / 23501, 57%
Server Side Copies: 13381 @ 5.028 GiB
Elapsed time: 2h25m30.0s
Total number of folders and files to be transfered.
1 folder contaning 3 sub-folders which have total number of Files - 84352