Rclone

rclone is a file synchronisation tool for the cloud.

https://rclone.org

install

https://rclone.org/downloads/

wget https://downloads.rclone.org/v1.66.0/rclone-v1.66.0-linux-amd64.zip

config

rclone config
rclone authorize "google photos"

google photos

rclone lsd gphotos:
rclone ls gphotos:media/all

sync vs copy

  • rclone copy - Copy files from source to dest, skipping already copied
  • rclone sync - Make source and dest identical, modifying destination only.
rclone sync -v --progress gphotos:media/all /data/google-photos