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Sync local drive folders with rclone

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Sync local folders with rclone​

A command line script to synchronize local folders

Prerequisites and Config​

  • Download rclone
  • Copy content of download archive into a folder that is in your path environment variable - e.g. C:\Windows\System32

Synchronize your folder​

The rclone sync command allows you to sync from source to target without changing any source files. rclone has many more powerful options - see its Docs page

In the below PowerShell script we define an array of source and target folders and a flag if that source folder should be synchronized:

Sync local folders with rclone
# Set the path to the local folder to synchronize
# rclone sync --interactive /home/source /tmp/destination

$dataStructures = @(
    [PSCustomObject]@{	# BastianDev
        sourceFolder 	= "C:\SourceFolder01"
        targetFolder 	= "D:\TargetFolder01"
        syncFolder 		= $true
    },
	[PSCustomObject]@{	# BastianDev
        sourceFolder 	= "C:\SourceFolder02"
        targetFolder 	= "D:\TargetFolder02"
        syncFolder 		= $false
    },
	[PSCustomObject]@{	# BastianDev
        sourceFolder 	= "C:\SourceFolder03"
        targetFolder 	= "D:\TargetFolder03"
        syncFolder 		= $true
    }
	# add as many new objects here as needed
)

# Iterate over the array of data structures
foreach ($dataStructure in $dataStructures) {
	$source = $($dataStructure.sourceFolder)
	$target = $($dataStructure.targetFolder)
	$sync 	= $($dataStructure.syncFolder)
	$rcloneSyncCmd = 'rclone sync "' + $source + '" "' + $target + '" --stats-log-level NOTICE'
	if ($sync) {
		Write-Host "Sync '$source' to '$target'" -ForegroundColor Green
		Invoke-Expression $rcloneSyncCmd
	} else {
		Write-Host "Skipping sync of '$source' due to sync flag set to false" -ForegroundColor DarkYellow
	}
}

# Wait for keypress to finish
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "****************************************" -ForegroundColor Green
Write-Host "Press key to close script" -ForegroundColor Green
$host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey("NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown").VirtualKeyCode

Save the script to a .ps1 file, adjust your folders and execute!