Add Cloud Sync Exclude Filesystem Option (Or Provide Ability To Specify Additional rclone Options)
Description
rclone works quite well. I've seen a separate feature request asking for an exclude option (Feature #41136), which is a general solution for arbitrary exclusions. This feature request is to provide an option to enable the "-x" option to rclone to tell rclone not to span filesystem boundaries.
An example use case of why this would be helpful would be backing up iocage jails that have mount points in them. In my case, I do not want rclone backing up the files on those mount points - they are backed up elsewhere.
Alternatively, it may be useful to provide a way to add options to the rclone command line that gets run. This could be a more general solution that address this issue as well as provide future flexibility to power users. As I think about it, I think this may be a better approach to addressing these types of feature requests in general for cloud sync tasks.
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Vladimir Vinogradenko
June 13, 2021 at 3:19 PM
We have exclude option in UI.
We won't have "additional rclone arguments" option in the UI but we have it in CLI.
Jeff Thompson
May 28, 2020 at 5:18 PM
I second the request for a generic rclone field in the GUI that would allow us to provide any rclone options. This would allow the full capabilities of rclone. Thanks.
rclone works quite well. I've seen a separate feature request asking for an exclude option (Feature #41136), which is a general solution for arbitrary exclusions. This feature request is to provide an option to enable the "-x" option to rclone to tell rclone not to span filesystem boundaries.
An example use case of why this would be helpful would be backing up iocage jails that have mount points in them. In my case, I do not want rclone backing up the files on those mount points - they are backed up elsewhere.
Specific documentation on the -x option: https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_sync/
Alternatively, it may be useful to provide a way to add options to the rclone command line that gets run. This could be a more general solution that address this issue as well as provide future flexibility to power users. As I think about it, I think this may be a better approach to addressing these types of feature requests in general for cloud sync tasks.