"Deletes any files that exist in source that don't exist in destination" - optional

[bobobo1618]

"Deletes any files that exist in source that don't exist in destination" - optional

[ncw]

The documentation is a bit confusing - sorry! Your interpretation isn't correct you'll be glad to know. There is another ticket about this #39 and here is the new suggested wording for the docs

Sync the source to the destination, changing the destination only.  Doesn't transfer
unchanged files, testing first by modification time then by
size.  Destination is updated to match source, including deleting files if necessary.
Since this can cause data loss, test first with the --dry-run flag.

So your example would become

• Create a bunch of files
• Copy a bunch of files to Drive
• Make a new file
• Run sync <local> <remote>
• New file is copied to Drive
• Delete the new file locally
• Run sync <local> <remote>
• New file is deleted from Drive

[dennybaa]

When you delete new file locally, is the file placed into trash bin or deleted right away?
I mean will I be able to the deleted file in GoogleDrive's bin?

[ncw]

The file is permanently deleted using the delete method

If you wanted the file to go to the trash then I could use the trash method instead. Maybe this should be an option?

[dennybaa]

I'll try to redefine the question a bit. I was interested in delete operation in the context of syncing. So when I delete a file locally how would sync behave? Completely remove a file on the remote GDrive or place it into bin.

[ncw]

In the context of syncing, when you delete a file locally

rm local/file

Then sync

rclone sync local drive:local

The copy on drive will be deleted permanently, not put into the trash / bin.

I could make it put it into the trash / bin with an option - either a command line flag, or an option when the drive remote is set up.

[dennybaa]

I think it's generally a good idea useful for users. For example, grive as I've heard works this way, but it's already dead project anyway.

[ncw]

I'm fixing the docs in #39

I'll turn this ticket into a feature request ticket for trashing files instead of deleting them.

[zeshanb]

I've made a short screen capture video to show the difference between Sync and Copy when using rClone. Hope this helps:

https://github.com/zeshanb/rclone-video-tutorials/blob/master/docs/static/videos/Using-rClone-difference-between-copy-and-sync.mp4?raw=true

Regards,
Zeshan

[ncw]

@zeshanb Wow that is amazing - thanks! I'd like to put it up somewhere so I can embed it in the rclone website - I'll send you an email to discuss

[zeshanb]

@nick Thanks. I tried to make these unbranded and generic as possible, so
anyone can use these. These are h264 videos and can easily be embedded
using html5 video tag. Hope it's a good addition to rClone docs.

https://github.com/zeshanb/rclone-video-tutorials

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@zeshanb https://github.com/zeshanb Wow that is amazing - thanks! I'd
like to put it up somewhere so I can embed it in the rclone website - I'll
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[ncw]

Trashing files instead of deleting them was done in #82 so I think this is all done now