Hi to all! I need to know if it's possible to use rclone to create an incremental local backup of a full google drive... I need it to schedule it each night. And, if rclone can do this, is it also possibile to do this with a single command line? Thanks

Hi, thanks for your reply. I need to use it on windows. Can you write me down the correct command? Thanks

I prefer the old batch if it's possible

for old-style dos batch; cannot be done with one line

Ok, powershell will be ok then! :slight_smile: Thanks

for old style batch, this post has all the info you need and more. [image] I need help creating versioning with crypt to dated folders Howto Guides Currently, the data I am planning on backing up is only 75 gb. So, I won't have to worry about the google backup limit. I do…

I read a good portion of that post some hours ago but what I want is something more linear... reading that rclone is like rsync I imagined exactly something like rsync: type of cloud storage, credentials, source path, destination path... and nothing more. For example for now I cannot even underst…

you need to create a rclone config file, for the gdrive. create a remote pointing to your google drive - https://rclone.org/drive/

Yes, already read also that part :slight_smile: But I imagined that I was missing something, may I was wrong. It seemed strange to me that a config file is needed to connect, so I opened a new thread. Anyway I will give it a try, but how can I trigger the root? After the confi I can write somet…

one way or another, you must have a remote to access gdrive. it is a one time thing to create a config file, really should take just a few minutes. but if you really want to do it the complex way, without a config file. you can create a remote on the fly https://rclone.org/docs/#config-file

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for old style batch, this post has all the info you need and more.