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Windows File Synchronization Tools
FreeFileSync
Unison
Rclone
Docs: https://rclone.org/docs
Forum: https://forum.rclone.org
- Command-line tool to manage files on cloud storage
- Multi-platform, including Windows, Linux and MacOS
- No installation required for Windows, just unzip into folder of your choice
Configure Remote
cd c:\Support\rclone\rclone .\rclone.exe config
Choose WebDAV for many cloud services, enter the WebDAV URL, username and password.
https://cloud.virtualarchitects.com/remote.php/dav/files/<username/
Sync: copy files from source to dest, delete anything else on destination - deletes files from destination
Copy
Example copy a drive to the cloud, excluding dot files and some others:
.\rclone.exe copy x:\ remotename:foldername --exclude '.**' --exclude=**.tmp** --exclude *.ffs_lock --exclude Thumbs.db --progress --log-file=foldername.txt --dry-run
--dry-run --progress --log-file mylogfile.txt --log-level INFO
https://rclone.org/docs/#log-level-level
Log levels are, from least verbose to most: ERROR or NOTICE or INFO or DEBUG
The default, NOTICE, is usually sufficient.
Sync
.\rclone.exe sync ...
The sync subcommand makes the source and destination identical, modifying only the destination.
Exclusions
Exclude dot files (hidden files with filenames beginning with a period):
--exclude '.**'
