Error "Can't follow symlink without -L/--copy-links"

I get this error in my logs.

Can't follow symlink without -L/--copy-links

Here are some of my logs

2019/07/10 07:35:46 INFO :
Transferred: 215.107M / 929.809 GBytes, 0%, 732.032 kBytes/s, ETA 369h52m52s
Errors: 0
Checks: 22 / 24, 92%
Transferred: 11 / 1060, 1%
Elapsed time: 5m0.9s
Checking:

  • c2yGZJHQQDSiY1/LTokET9…ELyjzAhYpSy3wmB4U6QXYY: 10% /986.594M, 316.701k/s, 47m50s
  • c2yGZJHQQDSiY1/M9vhosS…kgrDtdVZOpTq9PCcAPtQJ-: 2% /4.372G, 344.696k/s, 3h36m0s
    Transferring:
  • c2yGZJHQQDSiY1/LTokET9…ELyjzAhYpSy3wmB4U6QXYY: 10% /986.594M, 316.701k/s, 47m50s
  • c2yGZJHQQDSiY1/M9vhosS…kgrDtdVZOpTq9PCcAPtQJ-: 2% /4.372G, 344.696k/s, 3h36m0s

2019/07/10 07:36:22 NOTICE: e8VpUvKVGwBFS1/CXpoYnbpLrcL2L2iVJxJirCceiYCN-5ljN2/uuaAGlSBuYmUw-/2nyRYrGYV1uyK-/ATisNhARelT0F1/cHE3kXvFITCX8vtNLGr1hQA995ckY-lEYnD: Can't follow symlink without -L/--copy-links
2019/07/10 07:36:22 NOTICE: e8VpUvKVGwBFS1/CXpoYnbpLrcL2L2iVJxJirCceiYCN-5ljN2/uuaAGlSBuYmUw-/2nyRYrGYV1uyK-/ATisNhARelT0F1/ZBvRhHnxroPfZRSLp49QuEB5JUOpGxd9gNB: Can't follow symlink without -L/--copy-links
2019/07/10 07:36:22 NOTICE: e8VpUvKVGwBFS1/CXpoYnbpLrcL2L2iVJxJirCceiYCN-5ljN2/uuaAGlSBuYmUw-/2nyRYrGYV1uyK-/ATisNhARelT0F1/jwho-WSFORV8mc8U2rWOT0TorSZ9WZZj3kD: Can't follow symlink without -L/--copy-links
2019/07/10 07:36:22 NOTICE: e8VpUvKVGwBFS1/CXpoYnbpLrcL2L2iVJxJirCceiYCN-5ljN2/uuaAGlSBuYmUw-/2nyRYrGYV1uyK-/ATisNhARelT0F1/2GA9pVDRTNFboreRSXWLUT2PPFqMUSlow,,: Can't follow symlink without -L/--copy-links
2019/07/10 07:36:22 NOTICE: e8VpUvKVGwBFS1/CXpoYnbpLrcL2L2iVJxJirCceiYCN-5ljN2/uuaAGlSBuYmUw-/2nyRYrGYV1uyK-/ATisNhARelT0F1/8qrPnQ03ey6CGgcQP964Fmh3Zj5WAD5LYH,: Can't follow symlink without -L/--copy-links
2019/07/10 07:36:22 NOTICE: e8VpUvKVGwBFS1/CXpoYnbpLrcL2L2iVJxJirCceiYCN-5ljN2/uuaAGlSBuYmUw-/2nyRYrGYV1uyK-/ATisNhARelT0F1/7cUQvfrugL-m4WY6ITpr6,,s5eEi88hLmE,: Can't follow symlink without -L/--copy-links
2019/07/10 07:36:22 NOTICE: e8VpUvKVGwBFS1/CXpoYnbpLrcL2L2iVJxJirCceiYCN-5ljN2/uuaAGlSBuYmUw-/2nyRYrGYV1uyK-/ATisNhARelT0F1/fmO1yJLIT7r5ENuo8nc1HQaCF4pYQXgPYZ8: Can't follow symlink without -L/--copy-links
2019/07/10 07:36:22 NOTICE: e8VpUvKVGwBFS1/CXpoYnbpLrcL2L2iVJxJirCceiYCN-5ljN2/uuaAGlSBuYmUw-/2nyRYrGYV1uyK-/ATisNhARelT0F1/I6E,syk7qpMM046stLCBeOsTESeKVdfJrl-: Can't follow symlink without -L/--copy-links
2019/07/10 07:36:22 NOTICE: e8VpUvKVGwBFS1/CXpoYnbpLrcL2L2iVJxJirCceiYCN-5ljN2/uuaAGlSBuYmUw-/2nyRYrGYV1uyK-/ATisNhARelT0F1/yif9M2d9UFyR-J31gm31D6UDKPqO4rbNbC2: Can't follow symlink without -L/--copy-links
2019/07/10 07:36:22 NOTICE: e8VpUvKVGwBFS1/CXpoYnbpLrcL2L2iVJxJirCceiYCN-5ljN2/uuaAGlSBuYmUw-/2nyRYrGYV1uyK-/ATisNhARelT0F1/yTC9M5LfWW7EFrYVmz0fKQKkciYpV-glvv8: Can't follow symlink without -L/--copy-links
2019/07/10 07:36:22 NOTICE: e8VpUvKVGwBFS1/CXpoYnbpLrcL2L2iVJxJirCceiYCN-5ljN2/uuaAGlSBuYmUw-/2nyRYrGYV1uyK-/ATisNhARelT0F1/cPnKKhgTCWwMYr,Ck0BJLWS0EfV3fW0n7T2: Can't follow symlink without -L/--copy-links
2019/07/10 07:36:22 NOTICE: e8VpUvKVGwBFS1/CXpoYnbpLrcL2L2iVJxJirCceiYCN-5ljN2/uuaAGlSBuYmUw-/2nyRYrGYV1uyK-/ATisNhARelT0F1/bVQaMF4CIQxe-wJuq2xsCLfXdD9gbGeyZi0: Can't follow symlink without -L/--copy-links
2019/07/10 07:36:22 NOTICE: e8VpUvKVGwBFS1/CXpoYnbpLrcL2L2iVJxJirCceiYCN-5ljN2/uuaAGlSBuYmUw-/2nyRYrGYV1uyK-/ATisNhARelT0F1/uYCQAIYL1sPULXZ9hjvNfuRUxQ,ooQ328f4: Can't follow symlink without -L/--copy-links
2019/07/10 07:36:22 NOTICE: e8VpUvKVGwBFS1/CXpoYnbpLrcL2L2iVJxJirCceiYCN-5ljN2/uuaAGlSBuYmUw-/2nyRYrGYV1uyK-/ATisNhARelT0F1/eaCNnZ5XOL7019u6hz1gl,PA63vWoLasLX2: Can't follow symlink without -L/--copy-links
2019/07/10 07:36:22 NOTICE: e8VpUvKVGwBFS1/CXpoYnbpLrcL2L2iVJxJirCceiYCN-5ljN2/uuaAGlSBuYmUw-/2nyRYrGYV1uyK-/ATisNhARelT0F1/-iNbzqM3eKEsm8lb1uq6,LIwNHYYHLY,D17: Can't follow symlink without -L/--copy-links
2019/07/10 07:36:22 NOTICE: e8VpUvKVGwBFS1/CXpoYnbpLrcL2L2iVJxJirCceiYCN-5ljN2/uuaAGlSBuYmUw-/2nyRYrGYV1uyK-/ATisNhARelT0F1/zdJGNI,74GfzV8v8fpNE0b7jrtWaBjNqg08: Can't follow symlink without -L/--copy-links
2019/07/10 07:36:22 NOTICE: e8VpUvKVGwBFS1/CXpoYnbpLrcL2L2iVJxJirCceiYCN-5ljN2/uuaAGlSBuYmUw-/2nyRYrGYV1uyK-/ATisNhARelT0F1/lbzF35XfXvwSaf7CZMw2h3ZNPRSNNmDy0QA: Can't follow symlink without -L/--copy-links
2019/07/10 07:36:22 NOTICE: e8VpUvKVGwBFS1/CXpoYnbpLrcL2L2iVJxJirCceiYCN-5ljN2/uuaAGlSBuYmUw-/2nyRYrGYV1uyK-/ATisNhARelT0F1/ze6H9haMQ9aLrP2PeCwSgRIaSptXpMaTFm4: Can't follow symlink without -L/--copy-links
2019/07/10 07:36:22 NOTICE: e8VpUvKVGwBFS1/CXpoYnbpLrcL2L2iVJxJirCceiYCN-5ljN2/uuaAGlSBuYmUw-/2nyRYrGYV1uyK-/ATisNhARelT0F1/kOyBlBftPFX2SyN-reQ2pm,H6kGZvbAA1l-: Can't follow symlink without -L/--copy-links
2019/07/10 07:36:22 NOTICE: e8VpUvKVGwBFS1/CXpoYnbpLrcL2L2iVJxJirCceiYCN-5ljN2/uuaAGlSBuYmUw-/2nyRYrGYV1uyK-/ATisNhARelT0F1/Ci8Ch35tkJw6n9OV8TWiFwv8BOYtAfPzphD: Can't follow symlink without -L/--copy-links
2019/07/10 07:36:22 NOTICE: e8VpUvKVGwBFS1/CXpoYnbpLrcL2L2iVJxJirCceiYCN-5ljN2/uuaAGlSBuYmUw-/2nyRYrGYV1uyK-/ATisNhARelT0F1/fTox3EJNXCDxXKxIIRUxEu2p4JAmuwaGkv,: Can't follow symlink without -L/--copy-links

Advise?

Looks like you have symbolic links and rclone won't follow them without using:

so would this suffice?

rclone move --drive-use-trash --copy-links --transfers 2 --bwlimit "2.0M" --drive-chunk-size 256k -v /mnt/user/Cloud/ijm/.move/ ijm:encfs

Yep, That should do it. Just remember, it will not copy a symlink, but the contents of what the link points to.

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