Run rclone once a day

[Miq1 (Michael Harwerth)]

I am trying to use rclone occasionally, like, once a day to update my recent Google Photo files. I am using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, if that matters.
rclone version is

rclone v1.66.0
- os/version: ubuntu 22.04 (64 bit)
- os/kernel: 6.5.0-26-generic (x86_64)
- os/type: linux
- os/arch: amd64
- go/version: go1.22.1
- go/linking: static
- go/tags: none

The command I am using is rclone --max-age 100d copy "Google:media" ~/Bilder/GooglePhotos. Works okay for me, the intended files are copied to my local drive.

The command does not terminate, though. I have to kill it by Ctrl-C. This prevents me from adding it to a daily run script to automatically update my Google Photos in the background.

Is there an option I missed like --only-once or such?

[kapitainsky]

If it does not terminate it means it is still running.

Provide all details as asked in the template and we can look at this.

[Miq1 (Michael Harwerth)]

@kapitainsky

Provide all details as asked in the template and we can look at this.

What may be missing? I gave the versions, the command, the hosting service - any output is not to be seen, so I could not provide any.

The config output is plain:

~$ rclone config
Current remotes:

Name                 Type
====                 ====
Google               google photos

[Miq1 (Michael Harwerth)]

Just an addition. In dry run mode you can see there are re-attempts every minute:

~$ rclone -n --max-age 100d copy "Google:media" ~/Bilder/GooglePhotos
2024/03/29 17:30:44 NOTICE: 
Transferred:   	          0 B / 0 B, -, 0 B/s, ETA -
Checks:                37 / 37, 100%
Elapsed time:       1m0.0s

2024/03/29 17:31:44 NOTICE: 
Transferred:   	          0 B / 0 B, -, 0 B/s, ETA -
Checks:               108 / 108, 100%
Elapsed time:       2m0.0s

2024/03/29 17:32:44 NOTICE: 
Transferred:   	          0 B / 0 B, -, 0 B/s, ETA -
Checks:               111 / 111, 100%
Elapsed time:       3m0.0s

2024/03/29 17:33:44 NOTICE: 
Transferred:   	          0 B / 0 B, -, 0 B/s, ETA -
Checks:               126 / 126, 100%
Elapsed time:       4m0.0s

2024/03/29 17:34:44 NOTICE: 
Transferred:   	          0 B / 0 B, -, 0 B/s, ETA -
Checks:               126 / 126, 100%
Elapsed time:       5m0.0s

2024/03/29 17:35:37 NOTICE: by-day/2024/2024-02-16/IMG_20240216_165910258_HDR.jpg: Skipped copy as --dry-run is set
2024/03/29 17:35:37 NOTICE: by-day/2024/2024-02-16/IMG_20240216_174506550.jpg: Skipped copy as --dry-run is set
2024/03/29 17:35:37 NOTICE: by-day/2024/2024-02-16/IMG_20240216_182033179.jpg: Skipped copy as --dry-run is set
2024/03/29 17:35:37 NOTICE: by-day/2024/2024-02-16/VID_20240216_165902074.mp4: Skipped copy as --dry-run is set
2024/03/29 17:35:37 NOTICE: by-day/2024/2024-02-16/IMG_20240216_182038672.jpg: Skipped copy as --dry-run is set
2024/03/29 17:35:43 NOTICE: by-day/2024/2024-02-24/IMG_20240224_111250852_HDR.jpg: Skipped copy as --dry-run is set
2024/03/29 17:35:43 NOTICE: by-day/2024/2024-02-24/IMG_20240224_111245255_HDR.jpg: Skipped copy as --dry-run is set
2024/03/29 17:35:44 NOTICE: 
Transferred:   	          off / off, -, 0 B/s, ETA -
Checks:               126 / 126, 100%
Transferred:            7 / 7, 100%
Elapsed time:       6m0.0s

2024/03/29 17:36:44 NOTICE: 
Transferred:   	          off / off, -, 0 B/s, ETA -
Checks:               126 / 126, 100%
Transferred:            7 / 7, 100%
Elapsed time:       7m0.0s

2024/03/29 17:37:25 NOTICE: by-day/2024/2024-03-11/IMG_20240311_175847788.jpg: Skipped copy as --dry-run is set
2024/03/29 17:37:25 NOTICE: by-day/2024/2024-03-11/IMG_20240311_180050637.jpg: Skipped copy as --dry-run is set
2024/03/29 17:37:25 NOTICE: by-day/2024/2024-03-11/IMG_20240311_180219994.jpg: Skipped copy as --dry-run is set
2024/03/29 17:37:25 NOTICE: by-day/2024/2024-03-11/IMG_20240311_180133345.jpg: Skipped copy as --dry-run is set
2024/03/29 17:37:25 NOTICE: by-day/2024/2024-03-11/IMG_20240311_180252948.jpg: Skipped copy as --dry-run is set
2024/03/29 17:37:25 NOTICE: by-day/2024/2024-03-11/IMG_20240311_180430190.jpg: Skipped copy as --dry-run is set
2024/03/29 17:37:25 NOTICE: by-day/2024/2024-03-11/IMG_20240311_180350058.jpg: Skipped copy as --dry-run is set
2024/03/29 17:37:25 NOTICE: by-day/2024/2024-03-11/IMG_20240311_180512106.jpg: Skipped copy as --dry-run is set
2024/03/29 17:37:25 NOTICE: by-day/2024/2024-03-11/IMG_20240311_180523419.jpg: Skipped copy as --dry-run is set
2024/03/29 17:37:44 NOTICE: 
Transferred:   	          off / off, -, 0 B/s, ETA -
Checks:               126 / 126, 100%
Transferred:           16 / 16, 100%
Elapsed time:       8m0.0s

2024/03/29 17:38:30 NOTICE: by-day/2024/2024-03-27/IMG_20240327_180119_BURST001_COVER.jpg: Skipped copy as --dry-run is set
2024/03/29 17:38:30 NOTICE: by-day/2024/2024-03-27/IMG_20240327_180141.jpg: Skipped copy as --dry-run is set
2024/03/29 17:38:30 NOTICE: by-day/2024/2024-03-27/IMG_20240327_180041.jpg: Skipped copy as --dry-run is set
2024/03/29 17:38:44 NOTICE: 
Transferred:   	          off / off, -, 0 B/s, ETA -
Checks:               126 / 126, 100%
Transferred:           19 / 19, 100%
Elapsed time:       9m0.0s

[kapitainsky]

run your command with -vv flag and post output here. For some reason it is slow. It should finish.

Why it is not we have to see the log.

[Miq1 (Michael Harwerth)]

@kapitainsky

If it does not terminate it means it is still running.

This was in fact the case. The Google Photos directory structure is vast and every file is copied at least four times: for "all", "by-day", "by-month" and "by-year" all will get their separate copy. I reduced the command to rclone --max-age 100d copy "Google:media/all" ~/Bilder/GooglePhotos to get a single copy only and the run finished in within a minute.

Thanks anyway!