How to test remote connection

[hegdemahendra (Mahendra Hegde)]

Hello experts,

I am looking for an end point in RC mode for remote connectivity test.

When I create any remote (say SFTP or AWS-S3) while creating or after creating it I want to test it to make sure that connection is successful and remote accessible.

Do we have any command/operation to do so?

Rclone v1.57.0

Thanks in advance,
Mahendra

[asdffdsa (jojothehumanmonkey)]

hi,
how about listing the dir/files in the remote.
https://rclone.org/rc/#operations-list

[hegdemahendra (Mahendra Hegde)]

Hi @asdffdsa - Thanks for your reply.
Yeah listing is one option, I was wondering if there is any specific api/command just verifies connection.

And in my case I may not be aware that what directories available in source and if I just try to list root directory files, files list could be huge and also some cases my remote cred may not have root level permission to list.

[asdffdsa (jojothehumanmonkey)]

@hegdemahendra

try to list root directory files, files list could be huge

recurse - If set recurse directories set to false
dirsOnly - If set only show directories set to true

@hegdemahendra

my remote cred may not have root level permission to list

then how to you plan to use the remote, you are given a harccoded list of dirs/files to work with?

othewrise, search that doc page i shared, and choose the command that is closet to your need.

[hegdemahendra (Mahendra Hegde)]

Got you, recurse off should help.
Sure, will try to use list operation only and see.

Thanks for your valuable suggestions.