How to decrypt encrypted files when downloading?

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What is the problem you are having with rclone?

I want to download my files from the cloud to my home server and decrypt them in the process.

Currently all my files are in the cloud, I uploaded them with "crpyt" and read the files with rclone mount "on the fly". After changes to the cloud, I want to get my files from there and store them unencrypted on my own drive (which is itself encrypted).

(encrypted files in the cloud >>> decrypted files on the hard drive at home).

I searched the "crypt" page, but I didn't understand the decryption part.
Since I don't want to mess this up, I hope you can tell me what command to use for this.

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

rclone v1.61.1

  • os/version: slackware 15.0+ (64 bit)
  • os/kernel: 5.19.17-Unraid (x86_64)
  • os/type: linux
  • os/arch: amd64
  • go/version: go1.19.4
  • go/linking: static
  • go/tags: none

Which cloud storage system are you using?

Google Drive

For moving my files TO the Google Drive, I was using the following command

rclone -P moveto --bwlimit "00:30,off 05:30,1500K" --ignore-existing /mnt/user/dl/downloads/media/ gcrypt2:/media/ --config=/mnt/user/rclone/rclone.conf

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Thanks

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when rclone uploads a file to a crypt remote, rclone encrypts the file during upload.
when rclone downloads a file from a crypt, rclone decrypts the file during download.

basically use what was dest as the source and local dir as dest.
something like
rclone move gcrypt2:media ~/media -vv --dry-run

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So it is that simple though ... I feel a bit silly :joy:

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Also as a side note, the crypt side can be mounted at the same time as the non crypt side (for example if you have both types of content)

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