Protondrive sync not deleting files from destination no longer in the source

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1

i'm running the command

rclone sync /data/ proton:/server --progress

it is able to reproduce my current directory structure and content in the source "/data" to the protondrive directory "server" but it does not delete either files or directories at the destination which are no longer in the source.

i have confirmed that i am running sync and not copy.

is there a flag i am missing?

rclone v1.69.1
- os/version: debian 12.10 (64 bit)
- os/kernel: 6.6.44-production+truenas (x86_64)
- os/type: linux
- os/arch: amd64
- go/version: go1.24.0
- go/linking: static
- go/tags: none
2

for testing, might try:

  1. pick a single file that exists in the dest but not the source.
  2. post the relevant output from rclone sync -vv --dry-run
3

thanks. i set up a test directory and files and sync worked as expected. re-running on my larger dataset--now suspecting that maybe its a changed permission issue. thanks for forcing me to look up and use debug.

4

if there is a lot of output, can use something like --log-level=DEBUG --log-file=/path/to/rclone.log

might try to focus on one of the directories in question.
rclone sync /data/folder proton:server/folder ---max-depth=1

5

thanks. yeah...voluminous data set (pictures). i'll have to grep the log for keywords. i am guessing words like Error, Failed, Del ? suggestions?

6

need to focus on a single file that you expect rclone sync --dry-run to delete.

maybe run something like
rclone check /data /proton:server --missing-on-src=list.txt