rclone bash wrapper

This is forked from jessedp, it builds on their script and strips out functions i didn't need.

This started as a simple bash script to make defining various sources/destinations and running with the various arguments I wanted quicker and easier across multiple machines, especially laptops.

It's quite opinionated, but could give someone a structure to (mis)use for their own rclone wrapper or whatever.

requirements

• rclone v1.42+ here
  • install from there, your package manager probably doesn't have the newer version (ubuntu 18 doesn't) and some of the arguments use require this.

optional

ssmmtp (you probably already have it)

features

• built-in semi-validation of the config files (not for filters)

• logging

  • logs the full script and rclone output to both stdout and a file per run
  • configurable number of log files to keep around (eg, defaults to last 20)

• can mail the run's complete log file if errors occur using SSMTP (must be configured in /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf)

• pretty decent code separation so it's easier to naviagate/modify

limitations

• built to be used with cron
• again, opinionated.
• currently only uses rclone's copy
• loads of other rclone arguments are not used, may require a bunch of changes if you have crazy requirements
  • then again, with the code separated as it is, wouldn't be too hard to pop new function/vars
• if anyone ever creates a pull request, it will probably be to add to this list

installation

• download the zip file from above and extract it to its own directory. The scripts are competely self-contained there with regards to writing any files
• configure it (as below)

running

0. do the configuration stuff below
1. exec the rclone_backup.sh - ./rclone_backup.sh or sh rclone_backup.sh
2. set it up as a cron job if you'd like (it will figure out its own root path)

configuring

1. Configure at least 1 storage system using rclone config
2. Edit your "bucket" (source/destination) config files in the config/ directory. See below for an example.
3. Peruse the inc/defaults.sh file and make any changes you feel necessary.

config files

edit defaults.sh.