Mounted DropBox share has incorrect mod times for directories - it shows directories as having a mod time of when the mount started. Files have the correct mod time.
What is your rclone version (output from rclone version)
1.53.2
Which OS you are using and how many bits (eg Windows 7, 64 bit)
Ubuntu 20.04. All the bits.
Which cloud storage system are you using? (eg Google Drive)
DropBox
The command you were trying to run (eg rclone copy /tmp remote:tmp)
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``` /usr/bin/rclone mount dcrypt: /mnt/media --config /root/.config/rclone/rclone.conf --vfs-cache-mode full --vfs-cache-max-size 150G --vfs-cache-max-age 168h --cache-dir /home/rclone/vfs_cache --dir-cache-time 24000h --log-level INFO --log-file /var/log/drop_rclone.log --umask 002 --allow-other --rc --rc-no-auth --rc-addr 0.0.0.0:572
```root@optiplex:/mnt/media/backup# ls -latrh
total 4.0K
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 3.8K Apr 28 2019 dvrmove.sh
drwxrwxr-x 1 root root 0 Nov 8 20:00 'Emby Backup - 2020-11-01 00.0.0 - Auto'
drwxrwxr-x 1 root root 0 Nov 8 20:00 'Emby Backup - 2020-10-31 00.0.0 - Auto'
drwxrwxr-x 1 root root 0 Nov 8 20:00 'Emby Backup - 2020-10-28 23.59.59 - Auto'
drwxrwxr-x 1 root root 0 Nov 8 20:00 'Emby Backup - 2020-10-29 23.59.59 - Auto'
drwxrwxr-x 1 root root 0 Nov 8 20:00 'Emby Backup - 2020-11-01 23.0.0 - Auto'
drwxrwxr-x 1 root root 0 Nov 8 20:00 'Emby Backup - 2020-11-02 22.59.59 - Auto'
drwxrwxr-x 1 root root 0 Nov 8 20:00 'Emby Backup - 2020-11-04 22.59.59 - Auto'
drwxrwxr-x 1 root root 0 Nov 8 20:00 'Emby Backup - 2020-11-03 22.59.59 - Auto'
drwxrwxr-x 1 root root 0 Nov 8 20:00 'Emby Backup - 2020-11-05 22.59.59 - Auto'
drwxrwxr-x 1 root root 0 Nov 8 20:00 'Emby Backup - 2020-11-06 22.59.59 - Auto'
drwxrwxr-x 1 root root 0 Nov 8 20:00 'Emby Backup - 2020-11-08 00.0.0 - Auto'
drwxrwxr-x 1 root root 0 Nov 8 20:00 'Emby Backup - 2020-11-08 09.3.44 - Auto'
#### The rclone config contents with secrets removed.
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type = dropbox
token =
[dcrypt]
type = crypt
remote = dropbox:fsck
filename_encryption = standard
directory_name_encryption = true
password =
password2 =
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Rclone doesn't track modification times of directories.
Is this a problem for you?
Hey Nick - it keeps track of the directory creation time for gdrive. Only reason it's a concern is emby (and I assume Plex) would re-scan the entire media library if the mount was restarted.
I should have said creation time, btw, that wasn't quite clear.
It only cares about the date/timestamp on a file and not a directory.
I though so too, but when I swapped out my /mnt/media from gdrive to DropBox Emby went through a very long re-scan - even though the file structure is 100% the same - the only difference was the reported timestamps on the directories. After that initial scan, subsequent scans of the library were under a minute.
Nick -
Thanks for looking into it. I should have dug around more before posting this thread, instead of assuming that DropBox tracked directory mod/create times.
No probs! It was a surprise to me too, but I guess it is something to do with the dropbox architecture - maybe it is more like s3 under the hood where directories don't really exist.
