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Add section on how to set RCLONE_CONFIG_PASS from a script

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Nick Craig-Wood 2016-12-12 12:33:43 +00:00
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@ -537,6 +537,20 @@ If it is safe in your environment, you can set the `RCLONE_CONFIG_PASS`
environment variable to contain your password, in which case it will be environment variable to contain your password, in which case it will be
used for decrypting the configuration. used for decrypting the configuration.
You can set this for a session from a script. For unix like systems
save this to a file called `set-rclone-password`:
```
#!/bin/echo Source this file don't run it
read -s RCLONE_CONFIG_PASS
export RCLONE_CONFIG_PASS
```
Then source the file when you want to use it. From the shell you
would do `source set-rclone-password`. It will then ask you for the
password and set it in the envonment variable.
If you are running rclone inside a script, you might want to disable If you are running rclone inside a script, you might want to disable
password prompts. To do that, pass the parameter password prompts. To do that, pass the parameter
`--ask-password=false` to rclone. This will make rclone fail instead `--ask-password=false` to rclone. This will make rclone fail instead