Rclone workflow auto upload

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Hey :slight_smile:

I would like to set up a workflow with rclone but I'm not quite sure if this will work at all.
That's why I ask here if someone has a good idea how I could implement this exactly.

What i need

I work with a Linux Ubuntu server and Google Drive. I have installed Jdownloader as a docker image and sometimes download ZIP files with videos from friends (MP4, MKV, MOV). When the files are done downloading, the jdownloader extracts the files automatically. Once that is done, I want Rclone to upload the files to Google Drive that the files are no longer local to the server. Is there a good solution for this? Maybe that it ignores certain endings like ".zip" ? And would I then have to work with a cache and if so how exactly what is recommended?

Thanks for help

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hi,

can run a command, for example, something like this
rclone move /path/to/videos gdrive:videos --exclude=*.zip --dry-run

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Thank you
Is there a way that Rclone always checks if there are new files and then runs them and everything in the background?

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no. tho, that should not be a problem, as you are using rclone move

--- write a simple script that runs rclone move in a timed loop
or
--- tell jdownloader, that once a file has downloaded, run a script with that rclone move command

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How should this script be executed?
With cron or how do they recommend it? Is there perhaps an example code?

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yes, can use cron.

tho i would post at jdownloader forum, they will have the best answer.
about how to run a command once a file has finished downloading.

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I have just often had problems with cron when I have run scripts that have taken a certain amount of time.
That's why I'm a little unsure.

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the internet is full of solutions.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10552016/how-to-prevent-the-cron-job-execution-if-it-is-already-running
https://serverfault.com/questions/82857/prevent-duplicate-cron-jobs-running

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I was able to implement this now so many thanks. one question, when i do move and folders are there, it creates the folders in the remote directory and moves the files, but does not delete the empty folders locally. Is there a way to do that?

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good to hear that!

--delete-empty-src-dirs Delete empty source dirs after move

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Im running a python script with screen, that check a source folder every x time and move to remote,

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Can you tell me how you do that with screen that you have controlled sessions?
I've often had several sessions with the same name and then there were a few problems.
Advantage with screen would be you could see the current status.
I have now solved it with a shell script loop and systemd.

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