What is the problem you are having with rclone?
the compression option not works at v1.72.1, but v1.65.2 works well.
v1.72.1 makes gz file, but only adding header without compression
Run the command 'rclone version' and share the full output of the command.
clone v1.72.1
- os/version: ubuntu 22.04 (64 bit)
- os/kernel: 6.8.0-40-generic (x86_64)
- os/type: linux
- os/arch: amd64
- go/version: go1.25.5
- go/linking: static
- go/tags: none
Which cloud storage system are you using? (eg Google Drive)
local disk
The command you were trying to run (eg rclone copy /tmp remote:tmp)
rclone copy ./large_test.txt local_comp: -vv
The rclone config contents with secrets removed.
[local_base]
type = local
nounc = true
[local_comp]
type = compress
remote = local_base:/home/me/Documents/compressed_storage
compression_method = zstd
compression_level = 5
A log from the command with the -vv flag
2025/12/30 08:37:32 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.72.1" starting with parameters ["rclone" "copy" "./large_test.txt" "local_comp:" "-vv"]
2025/12/30 08:37:32 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "./large_test.txt"
2025/12/30 08:37:32 DEBUG : Using config file from "/home/me/.config/rclone/rclone.conf"
2025/12/30 08:37:32 DEBUG : fs cache: renaming child cache item "./large_test.txt" to be canonical for parent "/home/me/Documents/rclone"
2025/12/30 08:37:32 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "local_comp:"
2025/12/30 08:37:32 DEBUG : large_test.txt: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2025/12/30 08:37:32 DEBUG : large_test.txt.fc91f04e.partial: size = 10500000 OK
2025/12/30 08:37:32 DEBUG : large_test.txt: md5 = 96cdbb7e55bd3a9279c440bc5e7a080b OK
2025/12/30 08:37:32 DEBUG : large_test.txt.fc91f04e.partial: renamed to: large_test.txt
2025/12/30 08:37:32 INFO : large_test.txt: Copied (new)
2025/12/30 08:37:32 INFO :
Transferred: 10.014 MiB / 10.014 MiB, 100%, 0 B/s, ETA -
Transferred: 1 / 1, 100%
Elapsed time: 0.0s