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rclone is a super useful tool for copying files to cloud storage such as Google Drive or S3-based object stores.

[https://rclone.org/ https://rclone.org/]<br>

Rclone is often faster than the built in file explorer due to handling multiple transfers (e.g. <code>--transfers 25</code>).

==Install==

~~You~~ can download a deb or rpm from their website.<br>

See https://rclone.org/install/<br>

If you do not have sudo, you can download the binary and put it in your <code>$HOME/bin</code> folder.

For Linux, you can download a deb or rpm from their website.<br>

If you do not have sudo, you can download the binary and put it in your <code>$HOME/.local/bin</code> folder.

For Windows, rclone is also [https://chocolatey.org/packages/rclone available on Chocolatey]

For Windows, rclone is also [https://chocolatey.org/packages/rclone available on Chocolatey] and WinGET

<pre>

choco install rclone winfsp -y

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** Just append <code>--vfs-cache-mode full</code> to the end of your mount.

**: The default cache is at <code>~/.cache/rclone/</code>.

** See [https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_mount/#file-caching ~~rclone mount~~ file caching] for more options.

** See [https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_mount/#vfs-file-caching vfs file caching] for more options.

* If you have unlimited data or are using a local mount, you may want to reduce the directory index cache time.

** The default is <code>--dir-cache-time 5m0s</code> for 5 minutes.

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 rclone is a super useful tool for copying files to cloud storage such as Google Drive or S3-based object stores.
 [https://rclone.org/ https://rclone.org/]<br>
+Rclone is often faster than the built in file explorer due to handling multiple transfers (e.g. <code>--transfers 25</code>).
 ==Install==
-You can download a deb or rpm from their website.<br>
+See https://rclone.org/install/<br>
-If you do not have sudo, you can download the binary and put it in your <code>$HOME/bin</code> folder.
+For Linux, you can download a deb or rpm from their website.<br>
+If you do not have sudo, you can download the binary and put it in your <code>$HOME/.local/bin</code> folder.
-For Windows, rclone is also [https://chocolatey.org/packages/rclone available on Chocolatey]
+For Windows, rclone is also [https://chocolatey.org/packages/rclone available on Chocolatey] and WinGET
 <pre>
 choco install rclone winfsp -y
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 ** Just append <code>--vfs-cache-mode full</code> to the end of your mount.
 **: The default cache is at <code>~/.cache/rclone/</code>.
-** See [https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_mount/#file-caching rclone mount file caching] for more options.
+** See [https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_mount/#vfs-file-caching vfs file caching] for more options.
 * If you have unlimited data or are using a local mount, you may want to reduce the directory index cache time.
 ** The default is <code>--dir-cache-time 5m0s</code> for 5 minutes.