Sync files into folders that exist, do not create new folders

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Basically I want to sync files into folders but if a folder doesn't exist then skip that folder and all files in it. Is this possible with rclone?

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If you use 'sync', it makes source look like destination.

You'd have to be more specific in what you want to happen and provide an example.

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I think you might be looking for rclone copy but an example of what you want to achieve would really help :slight_smile:

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Ok so its a bit complicated.

So I have Radarr with loads of crap on 1 remote which I want to filter out.

I would setup a new instance of Radarr and use Mediarr to pull most of the stuff back over but skip stuff with low IMDB ratings. I would make new Radarr create empty folders for each item its adds but not search and download.

At this point I have a bunch of empty folders on a 2nd remote with the same name as a bunch of items from the 1st remote.

Then I want to sync files only and not the folders xD if that makes sense? Its probably a far cry to be honest.

I actually came up with another idea of exporting the folder names to a text file and then using them in rclone filters or something.

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I think that would work. You could use an --exclude-from with this sort of thing

/dir/to/exclude/**
/dir2/**
/dir3/with/subdir/**
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