Problem with sync command

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Hello all folks,
i have 4 shared folder on a windows 2025 server that i need to sync with OneDrive business, im using the last version of rclone v1.71.1
I use this command:

@SET TIMESTAMP=%DATE:~6,4%%DATE:~3,2%%DATE:~0,2%

rclone sync d:\sharedserver\folder remonedrive:folder/ --log-file=./logfile_folder%TIMESTAMP%.txt --log-level INFO --log-format=date,time,microseconds,pid,longfile,shortfile,UTC --stats-one-line

I encounter these two problems:

  • the file that i delete in the source dir are not deleted on remote onedrive
  • there are hidden file that have strange behaviour, think they are temp file of office docx or xlsx with that start with ~$, i tryed the option --filter "- **/~$*" but not working

this is the log that i have

2025/10/11 00:57:31.849412 slog/logger.go:256: [9864] ERROR : OneDrive root 'folder': not deleting files as there were IO errors
2025/10/11 00:57:31.849412 slog/logger.go:256: [9864] ERROR : OneDrive root 'folder': not deleting directories as there were IO errors
2025/10/11 00:57:31.849412 slog/logger.go:256: [9864] ERROR : Attempt 1/3 failed with 13 errors and: not deleting files as there were IO errors
2025/10/11 00:57:32.828061 slog/logger.go:256: [9864] ERROR : xxx/xxxx2/~$fileword.docx: Failed to set modification time: invalidRequest: Either 'folder' or 'file' must be provided, but not both.
2025/10/11 00:57:33.221320 slog/logger.go:256: [9864] ERROR : xxx/xxxx3/~$file2.doc: Failed to set modification time: invalidRequest: Either 'folder' or 'file' must be provided, but not both.
2025/10/11 00:57:36.138418 slog/logger.go:256: [9864] ERROR : xxx/xxxxx4/xxxxxx5/~$file3.docx: Failed to set modification time: invalidRequest: Either 'folder' or 'file' must be provided, but not both.

how can i delete the file that need to be synced?

how can avoid to copy the hidden files in all directories where they are?

thanks in advance

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welcome to the forum,

default behavior, if there are errors in the sync command, rclone will not delete files.
https://rclone.org/docs/#delete-before-during-after

--exclude="~$*.doc*"

for testing, to keep the logs small, use --retries=1

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Hello asdffdsa, ty for response, your suggestion work.

For other that read, i have also add to exclusion xlsx and xls, i dicorvered that i can use double exclusion in this manner

--exclude="~$*.xls*" --exclude="~$*.doc*"

For the error i wait the sync made this evening and check tomorrow

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welcome

can do all that with a single exclusion
--exclude="~$*.{doc,xls}*"
or
--exclude="~$*.{doc,docx,xls,xlsx}"

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All worked fine thanks!!!

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