Failed to sync: can't sync or move files on overlapping remots

Suspected Bug
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Hello! I'm running a bash script on Raspbian with the following code:

#!/bin/bash
export RCLONE_CONFIG=/home/pi/.config/rclone/rclone.conf
rclone sync -vv "/home/pi/minecraft" "GDrive/MServerBackup" --local-no-check-updated --skip-links

cd /home/pi/minecraft
exec java -jar -Xms512M -Xmx2008M spigot-1.15.2.jar nogui

However, it gives me a fatal error outlined below:

2020/03/11 10:49:31 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.51.0" starting with parameters ["rclone" "sync" "-vv" 
"/home/pi/minecraft" "GDrive/MServerBackup" "--local-no-check-updated" "--skip-links"]
**2020/03/11 10:49:31 DEBUG : Using config file from "/home/pi/.config/rclone/rclone.conf"**
**2020/03/11 10:49:31 ERROR : Fatal error received - not attempting retries**
**2020/03/11 10:49:31 Failed to sync: can't sync or move files on overlapping remotes**

It then stops the sync but continues to the next command.

Here's my rclone.conf file with personal data removed:

[GDrive]
type = drive
client_id = xxx
client_secret = xxx
scope = drive
token = {"access_token":"xxx$
root_folder_id = xxx

Any help would be appreciated.

2

hello, not sure that we can call this a bug

perhaps change

GDrive/MServerBackup

to

GDrive:/MServerBackup

you are missing the colon

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3

Oh wow - it was that simple!

I have a question while I have you - is there a reason that

"/home/pi/minecraft"

in the sync command doesn't need a colon?

Just making sure I'm coding it right!

James

4

local folders and files do not need a colon.
only remotes do.

https://rclone.org/docs/#syntax-of-remote-paths

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5

Ah - that makes sense - thank you!

One more brain teaser - while running that code I'm noticing it's looping infinitely and creating an additional folder withing the destination path.

So within GDrive:/MServerBackup it's creating another folder called GDrive and within it another MServerBackup

Even though those paths don't exist within the source.

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Are you sure those don't exist? They might have been created by the first command you ran without the ':'. A logfile debug and the current command would help sort it.

7

Oh crud - yep that was it.

Thanks everyone!!!

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