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Rclone

Rclone is a command-line program to manage files on cloud storage.

There is an Rclone module called rclone.

Finding an Rclone version

module spider rclone
What is the output?

Here is some example output:

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  rclone: rclone/1.56.2
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    This module can be loaded directly: module load rclone/1.56.2

    Help:
      rclone - use rclone

      Description

      a command line program to manage files on cloud storage, supporting over 40 cloud sto
rage products

      Version 1.56.2

      https://rclone.org

      Run 'rclone config' to set up rclone for your own use.

Loading an Rclone module

Here the Rclone module for version 1.56.2 is loaded:

module load rclone/1.56.2
What is the output?

Here is some example output:

rclone/1.56.2 : run 'rclone config' to set up rclone for your own use.  'man rclone' is available for further documentation, and see https://rclone.org/ for more

Finding the Rclone config file

After having loaded an Rclone mode, one can find the path to the Rclone config file by:

rclone config file
What is the output?

Here is some example output:

Configuration file doesn't exist, but rclone will use this path:
/home/sven/.config/rclone/rclone.conf

Using the Rclone web interface

With SSH X forwarding enabled, one can use rclone from a web interface:

rclone rcd --rc-web-gui

?Do not run this on the login node?

What is the output?

Here is some example output:

2024/04/02 08:31:59 ERROR : Error reading tag file at /home/sven/.cache/rclone/webgui/tag
2024/04/02 08:31:59 NOTICE: A new release for gui (v2.0.5) is present at https://github.com/rclone/rclone-webui-react/releases/download/v2.0.5/currentbuild.zip
2024/04/02 08:31:59 NOTICE: Downloading webgui binary. Please wait. [Size: 4763452, Path :  /home/sven/.cache/rclone/webgui/v2.0.5.zip]
2024/04/02 08:32:00 NOTICE: Unzipping webgui binary
2024/04/02 08:32:01 NOTICE: Serving Web GUI
2024/04/02 08:32:01 NOTICE: Serving remote control on http://localhost:5572/

Connect to Swestore

Rclone is one of the recommended ways to connect to Swestore.

URL invalid?

When setting the URL to the correct https://webdav.swestore.se, Rclone will flag this as an error:

Rclone flags an error

Rclone flags an error, that may be a false error

However, this may be a false error. To determine this: click on 'Explorer' and explore Swestore.

An example Swestore folder structure

An example Swestore folder structure

If you see the Swestore folder structure above, Rclone works fine.