What is the problem you are having with rclone?
In my rclone.log I see some errors when VFS cache is enabled. What does it mean?
What is your rclone version (output from rclone version)
rclone v1.53.0
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os/arch: linux/amd64
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go version: go1.15
Which OS you are using and how many bits (eg Windows 7, 64 bit)
Distributor ID:Ubuntu
Description:Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS
Release:18.04
Codename:bionic
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)
My rclone.service
[Unit]
Description=RClone Service
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target
[Service]
Type=notify
KillMode=none
RestartSec=5
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rclone mount Googlecrypt: /home/plex/mnt \
--allow-other \
--read-only \
--dir-cache-time 1000h \
--log-level INFO \
--log-file /home/plex/logs/rclone.log \
--poll-interval 15s \
--umask 002 \
--cache-dir=/home/plex/cache \
--vfs-cache-mode full \
--vfs-cache-max-size 150G \
--vfs-cache-max-age 48h \
--bwlimit-file 16M
ExecStop=/bin/fusermount -uz /home/plex/mnt \
ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/rclone vfs/refresh recursive=true
Restart=on-failure
User=plex
Group=plex
[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
The rclone config contents with secrets removed.
[Google]
type = drive
client_id = xxxxxxxxxx.apps.googleusercontent.com
client_secret = xxxxxxxxxx
scope = drive
token = xxxxxxxxx
root_folder_id = xxxxxx
[Googlecrypt]
type = crypt
remote = Google:Private
filename_encryption = standard
directory_name_encryption = true
password =
password2 =
A log from the command with the -vv flag
2020/09/19 14:17:31 ERROR : Film/Analyze This (1999)/Analyze This (1999).mkv: vfs cache: failed to _ensure cache EOF
2020/09/19 14:17:55 INFO : vfs cache: cleaned: objects 5 (was 5) in use 2, to upload 0, uploading 0, total size 2.205G (was 2.171G)
2020/09/19 14:18:55 INFO : vfs cache: cleaned: objects 5 (was 5) in use 2, to upload 0, uploading 0, total size 2.248G (was 2.205G)
2020/09/19 14:19:55 INFO : vfs cache: cleaned: objects 5 (was 5) in use 2, to upload 0, uploading 0, total size 2.292G (was 2.248G)
2020/09/19 14:20:55 INFO : vfs cache: cleaned: objects 5 (was 5) in use 2, to upload 0, uploading 0, total size 2.331G (was 2.292G)
2020/09/19 14:21:55 INFO : vfs cache: cleaned: objects 5 (was 5) in use 2, to upload 0, uploading 0, total size 2.391G (was 2.331G)
2020/09/19 14:22:55 INFO : vfs cache: cleaned: objects 5 (was 5) in use 2, to upload 0, uploading 0, total size 2.467G (was 2.391G)
2020/09/19 14:23:55 INFO : vfs cache: cleaned: objects 5 (was 5) in use 2, to upload 0, uploading 0, total size 2.521G (was 2.467G)
2020/09/19 14:24:55 INFO : vfs cache: cleaned: objects 5 (was 5) in use 2, to upload 0, uploading 0, total size 2.590G (was 2.521G)
2020/09/19 14:25:55 INFO : vfs cache: cleaned: objects 5 (was 5) in use 2, to upload 0, uploading 0, total size 2.705G (was 2.590G)
2020/09/19 14:26:55 INFO : vfs cache: cleaned: objects 5 (was 5) in use 2, to upload 0, uploading 0, total size 2.851G (was 2.705G)
2020/09/19 14:27:55 INFO : vfs cache: cleaned: objects 5 (was 5) in use 2, to upload 0, uploading 0, total size 3.040G (was 2.851G)
2020/09/19 14:28:55 INFO : vfs cache: cleaned: objects 5 (was 5) in use 2, to upload 0, uploading 0, total size 3.139G (was 3.040G)
2020/09/19 14:29:55 INFO : vfs cache: cleaned: objects 5 (was 5) in use 2, to upload 0, uploading 0, total size 3.241G (was 3.139G)
2020/09/19 14:30:55 INFO : vfs cache: cleaned: objects 5 (was 5) in use 2, to upload 0, uploading 0, total size 3.350G (was 3.241G)
2020/09/19 14:31:55 INFO : vfs cache: cleaned: objects 5 (was 5) in use 2, to upload 0, uploading 0, total size 3.465G (was 3.350G)```