Incremental backup from batch file

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Hello to all,

I actually launch a rclone command from a Microsoft One Drive directory to a Google Drive directory from a batch file. It's work well but I would like to make incremental backups. I read all the posts on 'incremental backups' on the forum but it definitively not work for me....
Could someone help me please ?

Best regards.

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This is rclone forum. For rsync issues contact their community.

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Sorry for the mistake, I would say "RClone" :slight_smile:

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OK. Then please provide all details as per template. So somebody maybe can help

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Actually, that's what i got on my batch file :

rclone.exe sync "SCZ_OneDrive:/grille_import_verins_christianOK.xlsx" "GADEK_GDrive:/tarifs_incrementals_backups" --backup-dir "GADEK_GDrive:/tarifs_incrementals_backups/copie_$(date +%d%m%Y%H%M)"
timeout /T 5 > nul
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And what is the problem with it?

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It works but I cannot pass the date to the incremental backup folder...

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Again in order to get help please provide all info as asked in the template.

Nobody is going to keep guessing what the issue is.

Some example would help to:

  1. What you are doing
  2. What you expect to happen
  3. What happens
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$(date +%d%m%Y%H%M), that is for linux, not windows.

on windows, for .cmd batch, try something like

@for /f "tokens=2 delims==" %%I in ('wmic os get localdatetime /format:list') do set datetime=%%I
@set datetime=%datetime:~0,4%%datetime:~4,2%%datetime:~6,2%.%datetime:~8,2%%datetime:~10,2%%datetime:~12,2%
@echo %datetime%
20230919.082705

so try something like
--backup-dir GADEK_GDrive:/tarifs_incrementals_backups/copie_%datetime%

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Thanks @asdffdsa . I finally try a different way and it works fine !
Here is my script :

set CUR_YYYY=%date:~6,4%
set CUR_MM=%date:~3,2%
set CUR_DD=%date:~0,2%
set CUR_HH=%time:~0,2%
if %CUR_HH% lss 10 (set CUR_HH=0%time:~1,1%)
set CUR_NN=%time:~3,2%
set CUR_SS=%time:~6,2%
set CUR_MS=%time:~9,2%
set SUBFOLDNAME=_%CUR_DD%-%CUR_MM%-%CUR_DD%-%CUR_HH%:%CUR_NN%:%CUR_SS%
rclone.exe sync "SCZ_OneDrive:/grille_import_verins_christianOK.xlsx" "GADEK_GDrive:/tarifs_incrementals_backups" --backup-dir="GADEK_GDrive:/tarifs_incrementals_backups/backup"%SUBFOLDNAME%
timeout /T 5 > nul