thanks to @ncw, now we know we can execute programs inside a mount using --file-perms 0777
my head has exploded and i struggle to understand. please help me.
not sure how to explain it, i need another beer.
in fact, i ran rclone mount inside another rclone mount, recursively.
so i copied my local rclone folder to the mounted folder and ran rclone inside that mounted folder and it worked.
here is the first mount command, as run on my local c: drive C:\data\rclone\scripts\rclone.exe mount wasabieast2:en07 b:\mount\mount01 --file-perms 0777 --vfs-cache-mode=full
the mount is b:\mount\mount01
and then i ran rclone inside that mount like this. b:\mount\mount01\rclone\rclone.exe mount wasabieast2:en07 b:\mount\mount02 --file-perms 0777 --vfs-cache-mode=full
the second mount is b:\mount\mount02
and then i did for a third time, mounted rclone inside rclone mount inside yet another rclone mount using this command b:\mount\mount02\rclone\rclone.exe mount wasabieast2:en07 b:\mount\mount03 --file-perms 0777 --vfs-cache-mode=full
the third mount is b:\mount\mount03
and i did it again, fourth time
b:\mount\mount03\rclone\rclone.exe mount wasabieast2:en07 b:\mount\mount04 --file-perms 0777 --vfs-cache-mode=full
I don't think it's as complicated as it looks. It should effectively just behave as running concurrent rclone instances - except if you pulled the plug on the first mount then it would all fall down.
I don't think the data actually travels recursively or anything. After all, running a program from a Cloud drive - it still executes locally, so there shouldn't effectively be any more overhead to this.
Now... why on earth you would wand to do this is another question entirely... but it's a fun science experiment
