# Rclone keeps saying "Failed to create file system for "..." when running mount/rclone copy command

**URL:** <https://forum.rclone.org/t/rclone-keeps-saying-failed-to-create-file-system-for-when-running-mount-rclone-copy-command/21552>\
**Category:** Help and Support\
**Created:** [January 10, 2021, 3:40am UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/rclone-keeps-saying-failed-to-create-file-system-for-when-running-mount-rclone-copy-command/21552 "2021-01-10T03:40:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![mutantmarine](https://forum.rclone.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@mutantmarine](https://forum.rclone.org/u/mutantmarine)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2021, 3:40am UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/rclone-keeps-saying-failed-to-create-file-system-for-when-running-mount-rclone-copy-command/21552/1 "2021-01-10T03:40:38Z")

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#### What is the problem you are having with rclone?

rclone randomly mounts/copies

#### What is your rclone version (output from `rclone version`)
rclone v1.53.3
#### Which OS you are using and how many bits (eg Windows 7, 64 bit)

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

#### Which cloud storage system are you using? (eg Google Drive)

Google Drive

#### The command you were trying to run (eg `rclone copy /tmp remote:tmp`)

rclone copy "gdrive:Music" "gdrivecrypt:Music" --progress

I have my copy commands all together in an executable file (with correct permissions, chmod +x & 777). Whenever I wanna sync my files, I run the file. This is what's inside the file:

rclone copy "gdrive:Music" "gdrivecrypt:Music" --progress  
rclone copy "gdrive:Documents/Important Documents" "gdrivecrypt:Important Documents" --progress

Same thing for mounting (command within a file):

rclone mount gdrive: /home/mutantmarine/mnt/gdrive --allow-other --allow-non-empty --cache-db-purge --buffer-size 32M --use-mmap --dir-cache-time 72h --drive-chunk-size 16M --timeout 1h --vfs-cache-mode minimal --vfs-read-chunk-size 128M --vfs-read-chunk-size-limit 1G &

Randomly it'll work, but randomly it won't and it'll give me this error:

"Failed to create file system for "gdrive:Music": couldn't find root directory ID: googleapi: Error 403: Rate Limit Exceeded, rateLimitExceeded"  
" Failed to create file system for "gdrive:Documents/Important Documents": couldn't find root directory ID: googleapi: Error 403: Rate Limit Exceeded, rateLimitExceeded"

It says rate limit exceeded, however, it's the first time I've used rclone/my google drive for the past week and I'm the only user so there's no way I've hit the rate limit.

If I keep trying it, it eventually works. Why does it work randomly?

Also, it says the same thing sometimes when I run the mount command. Please help.

Extra info: my config file is in my home folder (/home/mutantmarine/.config/rclone/rclone.conf) and I've run the commands "rclone config --config=/opt/rclone/rclone.conf" and "RCLONE\_CONFIG=/opt/rclone/rclone.conf" but whenever I run "rclone config file" it points to /home/mutantmarine/.config/rclone/rclone.conf

Why is that? I've removed and reinstalled rclone but it still says the same thing. Help!

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**Author:** ![Animosity022](https://forum.rclone.org/user_avatar/forum.rclone.org/animosity022/32/451_2.png) [@Animosity022](https://forum.rclone.org/u/Animosity022)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2021, 1:11pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/rclone-keeps-saying-failed-to-create-file-system-for-when-running-mount-rclone-copy-command/21552/2 "2021-01-10T13:11:03Z")

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I can't figure out what you are trying to do as you have a bunch of commands and no logs for those commands.

Can you stick with one issue? Share what command you are trying to run, the output of the command and what the problem is?

You can only upload 750GB per day.

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**Author:** ![mutantmarine](https://forum.rclone.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@mutantmarine](https://forum.rclone.org/u/mutantmarine)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/rclone-keeps-saying-failed-to-create-file-system-for-when-running-mount-rclone-copy-command/21552/3 "2021-01-10T16:39:31Z")

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Okay I'll just ask about my main problem then.

I run the command rclone copy gdrive:Music gdrivecrypt:Music --progress in the command line and it'll randomly work and not work, giving me the error code:

"Failed to create file system for "gdrive:Music": couldn't find root directory ID: googleapi: Error 403: Rate Limit Exceeded, rateLimitExceeded"

I have 5mbps upload speed so I never reach the api limit and I'm the only user so it's not possible. Besides, I'll run the command one time, unmount, remount, then run it again and it'll work. Just wondering why it's inconsistently working.

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**Author:** ![Animosity022](https://forum.rclone.org/user_avatar/forum.rclone.org/animosity022/32/451_2.png) [@Animosity022](https://forum.rclone.org/u/Animosity022)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/rclone-keeps-saying-failed-to-create-file-system-for-when-running-mount-rclone-copy-command/21552/4 "2021-01-10T17:36:26Z")

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Can you share the debug log with that command?

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**Author:** ![mutantmarine](https://forum.rclone.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@mutantmarine](https://forum.rclone.org/u/mutantmarine)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/rclone-keeps-saying-failed-to-create-file-system-for-when-running-mount-rclone-copy-command/21552/5 "2021-01-11T02:09:29Z")

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This is what it gives me for the mount command. Can't tell if it's normal or not.

2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : : Root:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : : \>Root: node=/, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: Lookup: name=".Trash"  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>Lookup: node=, err=no such file or directory  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: Attr:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>Attr: attr=valid=1s ino=0 size=0 mode=drwxrwxr-x, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: Lookup: name=".xdg-volume-info"  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>Lookup: node=, err=no such file or directory  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: Lookup: name="autorun.inf"  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>Lookup: node=, err=no such file or directory  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: Lookup: name=".Trash-1000"  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>Lookup: node=, err=no such file or directory  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: ReadDirAll:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>ReadDirAll: item=11, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: Attr:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>Attr: attr=valid=1s ino=0 size=0 mode=drwxrwxr-x, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: ReadDirAll:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>ReadDirAll: item=11, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: Attr:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>Attr: attr=valid=1s ino=0 size=0 mode=drwxrwxr-x, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: ReadDirAll:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>ReadDirAll: item=11, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: Attr:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>Attr: attr=valid=1s ino=0 size=0 mode=drwxrwxr-x, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: ReadDirAll:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>ReadDirAll: item=11, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: Attr:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>Attr: attr=valid=1s ino=0 size=0 mode=drwxrwxr-x, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: ReadDirAll:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>ReadDirAll: item=11, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: Attr:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>Attr: attr=valid=1s ino=0 size=0 mode=drwxrwxr-x, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: ReadDirAll:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>ReadDirAll: item=11, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: Attr:  
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2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: ReadDirAll:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>ReadDirAll: item=11, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: Attr:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>Attr: attr=valid=1s ino=0 size=0 mode=drwxrwxr-x, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: ReadDirAll:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>ReadDirAll: item=11, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: Attr:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>Attr: attr=valid=1s ino=0 size=0 mode=drwxrwxr-x, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: ReadDirAll:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>ReadDirAll: item=11, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: Attr:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>Attr: attr=valid=1s ino=0 size=0 mode=drwxrwxr-x, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: ReadDirAll:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>ReadDirAll: item=11, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: Attr:  
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2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: ReadDirAll:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>ReadDirAll: item=11, err=  
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2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: ReadDirAll:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>ReadDirAll: item=11, err=  
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2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: ReadDirAll:  
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2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: Attr:  
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2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: ReadDirAll:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>ReadDirAll: item=11, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: Attr:  
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2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: ReadDirAll:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>ReadDirAll: item=11, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: Attr:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>Attr: attr=valid=1s ino=0 size=0 mode=drwxrwxr-x, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: ReadDirAll:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>ReadDirAll: item=11, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: Attr:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>Attr: attr=valid=1s ino=0 size=0 mode=drwxrwxr-x, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: ReadDirAll:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>ReadDirAll: item=11, err=  
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2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: ReadDirAll:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>ReadDirAll: item=11, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: Attr:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>Attr: attr=valid=1s ino=0 size=0 mode=drwxrwxr-x, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: ReadDirAll:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>ReadDirAll: item=11, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: Attr:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>Attr: attr=valid=1s ino=0 size=0 mode=drwxrwxr-x, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: ReadDirAll:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>ReadDirAll: item=11, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: Attr:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>Attr: attr=valid=1s ino=0 size=0 mode=drwxrwxr-x, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: ReadDirAll:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>ReadDirAll: item=11, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: Attr:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>Attr: attr=valid=1s ino=0 size=0 mode=drwxrwxr-x, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: ReadDirAll:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>ReadDirAll: item=11, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: Attr:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>Attr: attr=valid=1s ino=0 size=0 mode=drwxrwxr-x, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: ReadDirAll:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>ReadDirAll: item=11, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: Attr:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>Attr: attr=valid=1s ino=0 size=0 mode=drwxrwxr-x, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: ReadDirAll:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>ReadDirAll: item=11, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: Attr:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>Attr: attr=valid=1s ino=0 size=0 mode=drwxrwxr-x, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: ReadDirAll:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>ReadDirAll: item=11, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: Attr:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>Attr: attr=valid=1s ino=0 size=0 mode=drwxrwxr-x, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: ReadDirAll:  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>ReadDirAll: item=11, err=  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: Lookup: name="autorun.inf"  
2021/01/10 19:00:15 DEBUG : /: \>Lookup: node=, err=no such file or directory  
2021/01/10 19:01:15 DEBUG : Google drive root '': Checking for changes on remote2021/01/10 19:01:15 INFO : vfs cache: cleaned: objects 0 (was 0) in use 0, to upload 0, uploading 0, total size 0 (was 0)

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**Author:** ![mutantmarine](https://forum.rclone.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@mutantmarine](https://forum.rclone.org/u/mutantmarine)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 2:20am UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/rclone-keeps-saying-failed-to-create-file-system-for-when-running-mount-rclone-copy-command/21552/6 "2021-01-11T02:20:31Z")

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Here's the copy command. It worked but as you can see, it gives the 403 error, then works. It's been skipping everything because of those errors though. Any thoughts on it?

rclone copy 'gdrive:Music/Home Alone' 'gdrivecrypt:Music/Home Alone' -vv 2021/01/10 19:19:08 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.53.3" starting with parameters ["rclone" "copy" "gdrive:Music/Home Alone" "gdrivecrypt:Music/Home Alone" "-vv"]  
2021/01/10 19:19:08 DEBUG : Using config file from "/home/mutantmarine/.config/rclone/rclone.conf"  
2021/01/10 19:19:08 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "gdrive:Music/Home Alone"  
2021/01/10 19:19:08 DEBUG : Google drive root 'Music/Home Alone': root\_folder\_id = "0AH0ro8eiKAwoUk9PVA" - save this in the config to speed up startup  
2021/01/10 19:19:09 DEBUG : pacer: low level retry 1/10 (error googleapi: Error 403: Rate Limit Exceeded, rateLimitExceeded)  
2021/01/10 19:19:09 DEBUG : pacer: Rate limited, increasing sleep to 1.853271541s  
2021/01/10 19:19:09 DEBUG : pacer: low level retry 2/10 (error googleapi: Error 403: Rate Limit Exceeded, rateLimitExceeded)  
2021/01/10 19:19:09 DEBUG : pacer: Rate limited, increasing sleep to 2.138305117s  
2021/01/10 19:19:11 DEBUG : pacer: Reducing sleep to 0s  
2021/01/10 19:19:13 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "gdrivecrypt:Music/Home Alone"  
2021/01/10 19:19:13 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "gdrive:Encryption/Encrypted Rclone/0udun70a6mvjp2lcf8t90vqqfk/a0ptccr9h7ioubphr9t23md7gk"  
2021/01/10 19:19:13 DEBUG : Google drive root 'Encryption/Encrypted Rclone/0udun70a6mvjp2lcf8t90vqqfk/a0ptccr9h7ioubphr9t23md7gk': root\_folder\_id = "0AH0ro8eiKAwoUk9PVA" - save this in the config to speed up startup  
2021/01/10 19:19:14 DEBUG : Home Alone Soundtrack-02 Holiday Flight.mp3: Size and modification time the same (differ by 0s, within tolerance 1ms)  
2021/01/10 19:19:14 DEBUG : Home Alone Soundtrack-02 Holiday Flight.mp3: Unchanged skipping  
2021/01/10 19:19:14 DEBUG : Home Alone Soundtrack-03 The House.mp3: Size and modification time the same (differ by 0s, within tolerance 1ms)  
2021/01/10 19:19:14 DEBUG : Home Alone Soundtrack-03 The House.mp3: Unchanged skipping  
2021/01/10 19:19:14 DEBUG : Home Alone Soundtrack-01 Home Alone Main Title.mp3: Size and modification time the same (differ by 0s, within tolerance 1ms)  
2021/01/10 19:19:14 DEBUG : Home Alone Soundtrack-01 Home Alone Main Title.mp3: Unchanged skipping  
2021/01/10 19:19:14 DEBUG : Home Alone Soundtrack-04 Star of Bethlahem.mp3: Size and modification time the same (differ by 0s, within tolerance 1ms)  
2021/01/10 19:19:14 DEBUG : Home Alone Soundtrack-04 Star of Bethlahem.mp3: Unchanged skipping  
2021/01/10 19:19:14 DEBUG : Home Alone Soundtrack-05 Man of the House.mp3: Size and modification time the same (differ by 0s, within tolerance 1ms)  
2021/01/10 19:19:14 DEBUG : Home Alone Soundtrack-05 Man of the House.mp3: Unchanged skipping  
2021/01/10 19:19:14 DEBUG : Encrypted drive 'gdrivecrypt:Music/Home Alone': Waiting for checks to finish  
2021/01/10 19:19:14 DEBUG : Encrypted drive 'gdrivecrypt:Music/Home Alone': Waiting for transfers to finish  
2021/01/10 19:19:14 INFO : There was nothing to transfer  
2021/01/10 19:19:14 INFO :  
Transferred: 0 / 0 Bytes, -, 0 Bytes/s, ETA -  
Checks: 5 / 5, 100%  
Elapsed time: 6.4s

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**Author:** ![Animosity022](https://forum.rclone.org/user_avatar/forum.rclone.org/animosity022/32/451_2.png) [@Animosity022](https://forum.rclone.org/u/Animosity022)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 11:21am UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/rclone-keeps-saying-failed-to-create-file-system-for-when-running-mount-rclone-copy-command/21552/7 "2021-01-11T11:21:55Z")

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Based on what you've posted so far, it's almost impossible to follow as you give a clip of a log with no start (no command in the log) and flip back and forth between a copy and mount issue.

I can't see any errors so far on anything you've posted.

If you want to share on command, one full debug log and what the problem you are experiencing with that set of data, we can take a look.

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**Author:** ![mutantmarine](https://forum.rclone.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@mutantmarine](https://forum.rclone.org/u/mutantmarine)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 1:59am UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/rclone-keeps-saying-failed-to-create-file-system-for-when-running-mount-rclone-copy-command/21552/8 "2021-01-18T01:59:42Z")

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Figured it out. I guess it was my mount command.

I had this command in an executable file that I ran in crontab: rclone mount gdrive: /home/mutantmarine/mnt/gdrive --allow-other --allow-non-empty --cache-db-purge --buffer-size 32M --use-mmap --dir-cache-time 72h --drive-chunk-size 16M --timeout 1h --vfs-cache-mode minimal --vfs-read-chunk-size 128M --vfs-read-chunk-size-limit 1G &

It wasn't mounting correctly, but would still copy files somewhat...not sure all what was going on. I just made the mount into a service script and now it all works correctly.

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.rclone.org/uploads/default/original/2X/3/39ad3235f6ffec76ccd0c81616bd55697b4c300d.png) [@system](https://forum.rclone.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/rclone-keeps-saying-failed-to-create-file-system-for-when-running-mount-rclone-copy-command/21552/9 "2021-03-19T21:59:44Z")

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