rclone/docs/content/commands/rclone_move.md

---
date: 2018-04-28T11:44:58+01:00
title: "rclone move"
slug: rclone_move
url: /commands/rclone_move/
---
## rclone move

Move files from source to dest.

### Synopsis


Moves the contents of the source directory to the destination
directory. Rclone will error if the source and destination overlap and
the remote does not support a server side directory move operation.

If no filters are in use and if possible this will server side move
`source:path` into `dest:path`. After this `source:path` will no
longer longer exist.

Otherwise for each file in `source:path` selected by the filters (if
any) this will move it into `dest:path`.  If possible a server side
move will be used, otherwise it will copy it (server side if possible)
into `dest:path` then delete the original (if no errors on copy) in
`source:path`.

If you want to delete empty source directories after move, use the --delete-empty-src-dirs flag.

**Important**: Since this can cause data loss, test first with the
--dry-run flag.


```
rclone move source:path dest:path [flags]
```

### Options

```
      --delete-empty-src-dirs   Delete empty source dirs after move
  -h, --help                    help for move
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --acd-templink-threshold int          Files >= this size will be downloaded via their tempLink. (default 9G)
      --acd-upload-wait-per-gb duration     Additional time per GB to wait after a failed complete upload to see if it appears. (default 3m0s)
      --ask-password                        Allow prompt for password for encrypted configuration. (default true)
      --auto-confirm                        If enabled, do not request console confirmation.
      --azureblob-chunk-size int            Upload chunk size. Must fit in memory. (default 4M)
      --azureblob-upload-cutoff int         Cutoff for switching to chunked upload (default 256M)
      --b2-chunk-size int                   Upload chunk size. Must fit in memory. (default 96M)
      --b2-hard-delete                      Permanently delete files on remote removal, otherwise hide files.
      --b2-test-mode string                 A flag string for X-Bz-Test-Mode header.
      --b2-upload-cutoff int                Cutoff for switching to chunked upload (default 190.735M)
      --b2-versions                         Include old versions in directory listings.
      --backup-dir string                   Make backups into hierarchy based in DIR.
      --bind string                         Local address to bind to for outgoing connections, IPv4, IPv6 or name.
      --box-upload-cutoff int               Cutoff for switching to multipart upload (default 50M)
      --buffer-size int                     Buffer size when copying files. (default 16M)
      --bwlimit BwTimetable                 Bandwidth limit in kBytes/s, or use suffix b|k|M|G or a full timetable.
      --cache-chunk-clean-interval string   Interval at which chunk cleanup runs (default "1m")
      --cache-chunk-no-memory               Disable the in-memory cache for storing chunks during streaming
      --cache-chunk-path string             Directory to cached chunk files (default "/home/ncw/.cache/rclone/cache-backend")
      --cache-chunk-size string             The size of a chunk (default "5M")
      --cache-db-path string                Directory to cache DB (default "/home/ncw/.cache/rclone/cache-backend")
      --cache-db-purge                      Purge the cache DB before
      --cache-db-wait-time duration         How long to wait for the DB to be available - 0 is unlimited (default 1s)
      --cache-dir string                    Directory rclone will use for caching. (default "/home/ncw/.cache/rclone")
      --cache-info-age string               How much time should object info be stored in cache (default "6h")
      --cache-read-retries int              How many times to retry a read from a cache storage (default 10)
      --cache-rps int                       Limits the number of requests per second to the source FS. -1 disables the rate limiter (default -1)
      --cache-tmp-upload-path string        Directory to keep temporary files until they are uploaded to the cloud storage
      --cache-tmp-wait-time string          How long should files be stored in local cache before being uploaded (default "15m")
      --cache-total-chunk-size string       The total size which the chunks can take up from the disk (default "10G")
      --cache-workers int                   How many workers should run in parallel to download chunks (default 4)
      --cache-writes                        Will cache file data on writes through the FS
      --checkers int                        Number of checkers to run in parallel. (default 8)
  -c, --checksum                            Skip based on checksum & size, not mod-time & size
      --config string                       Config file. (default "/home/ncw/.rclone.conf")
      --contimeout duration                 Connect timeout (default 1m0s)
  -L, --copy-links                          Follow symlinks and copy the pointed to item.
      --cpuprofile string                   Write cpu profile to file
      --crypt-show-mapping                  For all files listed show how the names encrypt.
      --delete-after                        When synchronizing, delete files on destination after transfering
      --delete-before                       When synchronizing, delete files on destination before transfering
      --delete-during                       When synchronizing, delete files during transfer (default)
      --delete-excluded                     Delete files on dest excluded from sync
      --disable string                      Disable a comma separated list of features.  Use help to see a list.
      --drive-auth-owner-only               Only consider files owned by the authenticated user.
      --drive-chunk-size int                Upload chunk size. Must a power of 2 >= 256k. (default 8M)
      --drive-formats string                Comma separated list of preferred formats for downloading Google docs. (default "docx,xlsx,pptx,svg")
      --drive-impersonate string            Impersonate this user when using a service account.
      --drive-list-chunk int                Size of listing chunk 100-1000. 0 to disable. (default 1000)
      --drive-shared-with-me                Only show files that are shared with me
      --drive-skip-gdocs                    Skip google documents in all listings.
      --drive-trashed-only                  Only show files that are in the trash
      --drive-upload-cutoff int             Cutoff for switching to chunked upload (default 8M)
      --drive-use-created-date              Use created date instead of modified date.
      --drive-use-trash                     Send files to the trash instead of deleting permanently. (default true)
      --dropbox-chunk-size int              Upload chunk size. Max 150M. (default 48M)
  -n, --dry-run                             Do a trial run with no permanent changes
      --dump string                         List of items to dump from: headers,bodies,requests,responses,auth,filters,goroutines,openfiles
      --dump-bodies                         Dump HTTP headers and bodies - may contain sensitive info
      --dump-headers                        Dump HTTP bodies - may contain sensitive info
      --exclude stringArray                 Exclude files matching pattern
      --exclude-from stringArray            Read exclude patterns from file
      --exclude-if-present string           Exclude directories if filename is present
      --fast-list                           Use recursive list if available. Uses more memory but fewer transactions.
      --files-from stringArray              Read list of source-file names from file
  -f, --filter stringArray                  Add a file-filtering rule
      --filter-from stringArray             Read filtering patterns from a file
      --gcs-location string                 Default location for buckets (us|eu|asia|us-central1|us-east1|us-east4|us-west1|asia-east1|asia-noetheast1|asia-southeast1|australia-southeast1|europe-west1|europe-west2).
      --gcs-storage-class string            Default storage class for buckets (MULTI_REGIONAL|REGIONAL|STANDARD|NEARLINE|COLDLINE|DURABLE_REDUCED_AVAILABILITY).
      --ignore-checksum                     Skip post copy check of checksums.
      --ignore-errors                       delete even if there are I/O errors
      --ignore-existing                     Skip all files that exist on destination
      --ignore-size                         Ignore size when skipping use mod-time or checksum.
  -I, --ignore-times                        Don't skip files that match size and time - transfer all files
      --immutable                           Do not modify files. Fail if existing files have been modified.
      --include stringArray                 Include files matching pattern
      --include-from stringArray            Read include patterns from file
      --local-no-check-updated              Don't check to see if the files change during upload
      --local-no-unicode-normalization      Don't apply unicode normalization to paths and filenames
      --log-file string                     Log everything to this file
      --log-level string                    Log level DEBUG|INFO|NOTICE|ERROR (default "NOTICE")
      --low-level-retries int               Number of low level retries to do. (default 10)
      --max-age duration                    Only transfer files younger than this in s or suffix ms|s|m|h|d|w|M|y (default off)
      --max-delete int                      When synchronizing, limit the number of deletes (default -1)
      --max-depth int                       If set limits the recursion depth to this. (default -1)
      --max-size int                        Only transfer files smaller than this in k or suffix b|k|M|G (default off)
      --mega-debug                          If set then output more debug from mega.
      --memprofile string                   Write memory profile to file
      --min-age duration                    Only transfer files older than this in s or suffix ms|s|m|h|d|w|M|y (default off)
      --min-size int                        Only transfer files bigger than this in k or suffix b|k|M|G (default off)
      --modify-window duration              Max time diff to be considered the same (default 1ns)
      --no-check-certificate                Do not verify the server SSL certificate. Insecure.
      --no-gzip-encoding                    Don't set Accept-Encoding: gzip.
      --no-traverse                         Obsolete - does nothing.
      --no-update-modtime                   Don't update destination mod-time if files identical.
  -x, --one-file-system                     Don't cross filesystem boundaries.
      --onedrive-chunk-size int             Above this size files will be chunked - must be multiple of 320k. (default 10M)
  -q, --quiet                               Print as little stuff as possible
      --rc                                  Enable the remote control server.
      --rc-addr string                      IPaddress:Port or :Port to bind server to. (default "localhost:5572")
      --rc-cert string                      SSL PEM key (concatenation of certificate and CA certificate)
      --rc-client-ca string                 Client certificate authority to verify clients with
      --rc-htpasswd string                  htpasswd file - if not provided no authentication is done
      --rc-key string                       SSL PEM Private key
      --rc-max-header-bytes int             Maximum size of request header (default 4096)
      --rc-pass string                      Password for authentication.
      --rc-realm string                     realm for authentication (default "rclone")
      --rc-server-read-timeout duration     Timeout for server reading data (default 1h0m0s)
      --rc-server-write-timeout duration    Timeout for server writing data (default 1h0m0s)
      --rc-user string                      User name for authentication.
      --retries int                         Retry operations this many times if they fail (default 3)
      --s3-acl string                       Canned ACL used when creating buckets and/or storing objects in S3
      --s3-chunk-size int                   Chunk size to use for uploading (default 5M)
      --s3-disable-checksum                 Don't store MD5 checksum with object metadata
      --s3-storage-class string             Storage class to use when uploading S3 objects (STANDARD|REDUCED_REDUNDANCY|STANDARD_IA|ONEZONE_IA)
      --sftp-ask-password                   Allow asking for SFTP password when needed.
      --size-only                           Skip based on size only, not mod-time or checksum
      --skip-links                          Don't warn about skipped symlinks.
      --stats duration                      Interval between printing stats, e.g 500ms, 60s, 5m. (0 to disable) (default 1m0s)
      --stats-file-name-length int          Max file name length in stats. 0 for no limit (default 40)
      --stats-log-level string              Log level to show --stats output DEBUG|INFO|NOTICE|ERROR (default "INFO")
      --stats-unit string                   Show data rate in stats as either 'bits' or 'bytes'/s (default "bytes")
      --streaming-upload-cutoff int         Cutoff for switching to chunked upload if file size is unknown. Upload starts after reaching cutoff or when file ends. (default 100k)
      --suffix string                       Suffix for use with --backup-dir.
      --swift-chunk-size int                Above this size files will be chunked into a _segments container. (default 5G)
      --syslog                              Use Syslog for logging
      --syslog-facility string              Facility for syslog, eg KERN,USER,... (default "DAEMON")
      --timeout duration                    IO idle timeout (default 5m0s)
      --tpslimit float                      Limit HTTP transactions per second to this.
      --tpslimit-burst int                  Max burst of transactions for --tpslimit. (default 1)
      --track-renames                       When synchronizing, track file renames and do a server side move if possible
      --transfers int                       Number of file transfers to run in parallel. (default 4)
  -u, --update                              Skip files that are newer on the destination.
      --use-server-modtime                  Use server modified time instead of object metadata
      --user-agent string                   Set the user-agent to a specified string. The default is rclone/ version (default "rclone/v1.41")
  -v, --verbose count                       Print lots more stuff (repeat for more)
```

### SEE ALSO

* [rclone](/commands/rclone/)	 - Sync files and directories to and from local and remote object stores - v1.41

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