What is the best way to sync Google Drive?
I mean actually sync and not just access through the file manager.
Hi @Gandalfos,
In my opinion it’s rclone. I use it myself. It has support for many more providers. I love it and think it’s the bees knees.
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Is there a way to set up constant syncing?
Or do I need to manually run the sync command every time?
This article was just posted today:
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I suspect there is a way, I just don’t use it. I refer doing things manually. If necessary, I know I can always setup a cronjob, or even inotify to run the command when necssary.
See here for more information:
In the first reply there it is noted:
Rclone isn’t a sync tool, but offers a sync command.
You can use a cronjob and run it every 5 minutes or something like that and run a rclone sync to your remotes.
So, it would seem that my initial thought about this was correct.
Keep in mind that nowerdays with systemd cron jobs are replaced by a combination of service units and timer units 
I like the inotify approach a lot 
(just need to set it up to run for the user when the user has logged-in…)
Nice read is the section “Path Units under systemd” in: Linux Filesystem Events with inotify | Linux Journal
Interesting. Didn’t know that and I’ll keep it in mind, thank you!
I suspect the best way would be @dlynfox’s way that he eventually did in this thread:
However, I might be wrong. I never sold myself as some kind of expert.
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@Mirdarthos Interesting and nice, except for the fact that he uses a system-wide service instead of a per-user one see my comment there
Yes, I know.
That’s why I said expect. And that I might be wrong.
If nothing else, it can gibe pointers and be of use, even if it isn’t the exact right thing.
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I’ve heard a lot about inSync, what do you think about it compared to rClone?
Never heard of it, so can’t give an opinion. But that doesn’t really matter because I absolutely love rClone and am not planning to stop loving and/or using it anytime soon.