Rclone cannot move multiple files at once

[agneev]

@calisro

If the folders aren't empty how would the move delete them?

Same way mv works.

@calisro

rclone purge and the entire path will be removed.

In my opinion, purge is a very dangerous command and should include a confirmation prompt like rm -rf /.

[calisro (Rob)]

@agneev

Same way mv works.

If you have 3 files in a directory and you move 3 of them

dir/one.txt
dir/two.txt
dir/three.mp4

mv dir/*mp4 /some/elsewhere

mv wouldn't remove the directory.

[agneev]

No it wouldn’t and it shouldn’t.

In that case, I’d use rclone move remote:to/path path/to --filter “*.mkv” as usual. After that’s done, I’d use rclone delete remote:to/path, which should trash all the contents of path/*, which as of now leaves the folders intact.