docs: fix markup of arguments #4276

Command line arguments have to be marked as code.
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Martin Michlmayr 2020-05-25 15:50:20 +08:00 committed by Ivan Andreev
parent 35b2ca642c
commit cd075f1703
8 changed files with 144 additions and 122 deletions

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@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
"io/ioutil"
"log"
"os"
"strings"
"github.com/rclone/rclone/cmd"
"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/config/flags"
@ -35,7 +36,8 @@ func init() {
var commandDefinition = &cobra.Command{
Use: "cat remote:path",
Short: `Concatenates any files and sends them to stdout.`,
Long: `
// Warning! "|" will be replaced by backticks below
Long: strings.ReplaceAll(`
rclone cat sends any files to standard output.
You can use it like this to output a single file
@ -50,11 +52,11 @@ Or like this to output any .txt files in dir or its subdirectories.
rclone --include "*.txt" cat remote:path/to/dir
Use the --head flag to print characters only at the start, --tail for
the end and --offset and --count to print a section in the middle.
Use the |--head| flag to print characters only at the start, |--tail| for
the end and |--offset| and |--count| to print a section in the middle.
Note that if offset is negative it will count from the end, so
--offset -1 --count 1 is equivalent to --tail 1.
`,
|--offset -1 --count 1| is equivalent to |--tail 1|.
`, "|", "`"),
Run: func(command *cobra.Command, args []string) {
usedOffset := offset != 0 || count >= 0
usedHead := head > 0

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@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ func AddFlags(cmdFlags *pflag.FlagSet) {
}
// FlagsHelp describes the flags for the help
var FlagsHelp = strings.Replace(`
// Warning! "|" will be replaced by backticks below
var FlagsHelp = strings.ReplaceAll(`
If you supply the |--one-way| flag, it will only check that files in
the source match the files in the destination, not the other way
around. This means that extra files in the destination that are not in
@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ you what happened to it. These are reminiscent of diff files.
- |+ path| means path was missing on the destination, so only in the source
- |* path| means path was present in source and destination but different.
- |! path| means there was an error reading or hashing the source or dest.
`, "|", "`", -1)
`, "|", "`")
// GetCheckOpt gets the options corresponding to the check flags
func GetCheckOpt(fsrc, fdst fs.Fs) (opt *operations.CheckOpt, close func(), err error) {
@ -130,19 +131,19 @@ func GetCheckOpt(fsrc, fdst fs.Fs) (opt *operations.CheckOpt, close func(), err
var commandDefinition = &cobra.Command{
Use: "check source:path dest:path",
Short: `Checks the files in the source and destination match.`,
Long: `
Long: strings.ReplaceAll(`
Checks the files in the source and destination match. It compares
sizes and hashes (MD5 or SHA1) and logs a report of files which don't
match. It doesn't alter the source or destination.
If you supply the --size-only flag, it will only compare the sizes not
If you supply the |--size-only| flag, it will only compare the sizes not
the hashes as well. Use this for a quick check.
If you supply the --download flag, it will download the data from
If you supply the |--download| flag, it will download the data from
both remotes and check them against each other on the fly. This can
be useful for remotes that don't support hashes or if you really want
to check all the data.
` + FlagsHelp,
`, "|", "`") + FlagsHelp,
Run: func(command *cobra.Command, args []string) {
cmd.CheckArgs(2, 2, command, args)
fsrc, fdst := cmd.NewFsSrcDst(args)

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@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package copy
import (
"context"
"strings"
"github.com/rclone/rclone/cmd"
"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/config/flags"
@ -23,7 +24,8 @@ func init() {
var commandDefinition = &cobra.Command{
Use: "copy source:path dest:path",
Short: `Copy files from source to dest, skipping already copied.`,
Long: `
// Note: "|" will be replaced by backticks below
Long: strings.ReplaceAll(`
Copy the source to the destination. Doesn't transfer
unchanged files, testing by size and modification time or
MD5SUM. Doesn't delete files from the destination.
@ -55,8 +57,8 @@ Not to
destpath/sourcepath/one.txt
destpath/sourcepath/two.txt
If you are familiar with ` + "`rsync`" + `, rclone always works as if you had
written a trailing / - meaning "copy the contents of this directory".
If you are familiar with |rsync|, rclone always works as if you had
written a trailing |/| - meaning "copy the contents of this directory".
This applies to all commands and whether you are talking about the
source or destination.
@ -71,10 +73,10 @@ recently very efficiently like this:
rclone copy --max-age 24h --no-traverse /path/to/src remote:
**Note**: Use the ` + "`-P`" + `/` + "`--progress`" + ` flag to view real-time transfer statistics.
**Note**: Use the |-P|/|--progress| flag to view real-time transfer statistics.
**Note**: Use the ` + "`--dry-run` or the `--interactive`/`-i`" + ` flag to test without copying anything.
`,
**Note**: Use the |--dry-run| or the |--interactive|/|-i| flag to test without copying anything.
`, "|", "`"),
Run: func(command *cobra.Command, args []string) {
cmd.CheckArgs(2, 2, command, args)
fsrc, srcFileName, fdst := cmd.NewFsSrcFileDst(args)

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@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package delete
import (
"context"
"strings"
"github.com/rclone/rclone/cmd"
"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/config/flags"
@ -22,16 +23,17 @@ func init() {
var commandDefinition = &cobra.Command{
Use: "delete remote:path",
Short: `Remove the files in path.`,
Long: `
Remove the files in path. Unlike ` + "`" + `purge` + "`" + ` it obeys include/exclude
// Warning! "|" will be replaced by backticks below
Long: strings.ReplaceAll(`
Remove the files in path. Unlike |purge| it obeys include/exclude
filters so can be used to selectively delete files.
` + "`rclone delete`" + ` only deletes files but leaves the directory structure
|rclone delete| only deletes files but leaves the directory structure
alone. If you want to delete a directory and all of its contents use
the ` + "`purge`" + ` command.
the |purge| command.
If you supply the --rmdirs flag, it will remove all empty directories along with it.
You can also use the separate command ` + "`rmdir`" + ` or ` + "`rmdirs`" + ` to
If you supply the |--rmdirs| flag, it will remove all empty directories along with it.
You can also use the separate command |rmdir| or |rmdirs| to
delete empty directories only.
For example, to delete all files bigger than 100MBytes, you may first want to check what
@ -48,8 +50,8 @@ That reads "delete everything with a minimum size of 100 MB", hence
delete all files bigger than 100MBytes.
**Important**: Since this can cause data loss, test first with the
` + "`--dry-run` or the `--interactive`/`-i`" + ` flag.
`,
|--dry-run| or the |--interactive|/|-i| flag.
`, "|", "`"),
Run: func(command *cobra.Command, args []string) {
cmd.CheckArgs(1, 1, command, args)
fsrc := cmd.NewFsSrc(args)

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@ -1,26 +1,31 @@
package lshelp
import (
"strings"
)
// Help describes the common help for all the list commands
var Help = `
// Warning! "|" will be replaced by backticks below
var Help = strings.ReplaceAll(`
Any of the filtering options can be applied to this command.
There are several related list commands
* ` + "`ls`" + ` to list size and path of objects only
* ` + "`lsl`" + ` to list modification time, size and path of objects only
* ` + "`lsd`" + ` to list directories only
* ` + "`lsf`" + ` to list objects and directories in easy to parse format
* ` + "`lsjson`" + ` to list objects and directories in JSON format
* |ls| to list size and path of objects only
* |lsl| to list modification time, size and path of objects only
* |lsd| to list directories only
* |lsf| to list objects and directories in easy to parse format
* |lsjson| to list objects and directories in JSON format
` + "`ls`,`lsl`,`lsd`" + ` are designed to be human readable.
` + "`lsf`" + ` is designed to be human and machine readable.
` + "`lsjson`" + ` is designed to be machine readable.
|ls|,|lsl|,|lsd| are designed to be human readable.
|lsf| is designed to be human and machine readable.
|lsjson| is designed to be machine readable.
Note that ` + "`ls` and `lsl`" + ` recurse by default - use "--max-depth 1" to stop the recursion.
Note that |ls| and |lsl| recurse by default - use |--max-depth 1| to stop the recursion.
The other list commands ` + "`lsd`,`lsf`,`lsjson`" + ` do not recurse by default - use "-R" to make them recurse.
The other list commands |lsd|,|lsf|,|lsjson| do not recurse by default - use |-R| to make them recurse.
Listing a non existent directory will produce an error except for
remotes which can't have empty directories (e.g. s3, swift, or gcs -
the bucket based remotes).
`
`, "|", "`")

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@ -159,34 +159,36 @@ func NewMountCommand(commandName string, hidden bool, mount MountFn) *cobra.Comm
Use: commandName + " remote:path /path/to/mountpoint",
Hidden: hidden,
Short: `Mount the remote as file system on a mountpoint.`,
Long: `
rclone ` + commandName + ` allows Linux, FreeBSD, macOS and Windows to
// Warning! "|" will be replaced by backticks below
// "@" will be replaced by the command name
Long: strings.ReplaceAll(strings.ReplaceAll(`
rclone @ allows Linux, FreeBSD, macOS and Windows to
mount any of Rclone's cloud storage systems as a file system with
FUSE.
First set up your remote using ` + "`rclone config`" + `. Check it works with ` + "`rclone ls`" + ` etc.
First set up your remote using |rclone config|. Check it works with |rclone ls| etc.
On Linux and OSX, you can either run mount in foreground mode or background (daemon) mode.
Mount runs in foreground mode by default, use the ` + "`--daemon`" + ` flag to specify background mode.
Mount runs in foreground mode by default, use the |--daemon| flag to specify background mode.
You can only run mount in foreground mode on Windows.
On Linux/macOS/FreeBSD start the mount like this, where ` + "`/path/to/local/mount`" + `
On Linux/macOS/FreeBSD start the mount like this, where |/path/to/local/mount|
is an **empty** **existing** directory:
rclone ` + commandName + ` remote:path/to/files /path/to/local/mount
rclone @ remote:path/to/files /path/to/local/mount
On Windows you can start a mount in different ways. See [below](#mounting-modes-on-windows)
for details. The following examples will mount to an automatically assigned drive,
to specific drive letter ` + "`X:`" + `, to path ` + "`C:\\path\\to\\nonexistent\\directory`" + `
to specific drive letter |X:|, to path |C:\path\to\nonexistent\directory|
(which must be **non-existent** subdirectory of an **existing** parent directory or drive,
and is not supported when [mounting as a network drive](#mounting-modes-on-windows)), and
the last example will mount as network share ` + "`\\cloud\remote`" + ` and map it to an
the last example will mount as network share |\\cloud\remote| and map it to an
automatically assigned drive:
rclone ` + commandName + ` remote:path/to/files *
rclone ` + commandName + ` remote:path/to/files X:
rclone ` + commandName + ` remote:path/to/files C:\path\to\nonexistent\directory
rclone ` + commandName + ` remote:path/to/files \\cloud\remote
rclone @ remote:path/to/files *
rclone @ remote:path/to/files X:
rclone @ remote:path/to/files C:\path\to\nonexistent\directory
rclone @ remote:path/to/files \\cloud\remote
When the program ends while in foreground mode, either via Ctrl+C or receiving
a SIGINT or SIGTERM signal, the mount should be automatically stopped.
@ -208,12 +210,12 @@ then an additional 1PB of free space is assumed. If the remote does not
[support](https://rclone.org/overview/#optional-features) the about feature
at all, then 1PB is set as both the total and the free size.
**Note**: As of ` + "`rclone` 1.52.2, `rclone mount`" + ` now requires Go version 1.13
**Note**: As of |rclone| 1.52.2, |rclone mount| now requires Go version 1.13
or newer on some platforms depending on the underlying FUSE library in use.
### Installing on Windows
To run rclone ` + commandName + ` on Windows, you will need to
To run rclone @ on Windows, you will need to
download and install [WinFsp](http://www.secfs.net/winfsp/).
[WinFsp](https://github.com/billziss-gh/winfsp) is an open source
@ -221,7 +223,7 @@ Windows File System Proxy which makes it easy to write user space file
systems for Windows. It provides a FUSE emulation layer which rclone
uses combination with [cgofuse](https://github.com/billziss-gh/cgofuse).
Both of these packages are by Bill Zissimopoulos who was very helpful
during the implementation of rclone ` + commandName + ` for Windows.
during the implementation of rclone @ for Windows.
#### Mounting modes on windows
@ -240,54 +242,54 @@ as a network drive instead.
When mounting as a fixed disk drive you can either mount to an unused drive letter,
or to a path - which must be **non-existent** subdirectory of an **existing** parent
directory or drive. Using the special value ` + "`*`" + ` will tell rclone to
directory or drive. Using the special value |*| will tell rclone to
automatically assign the next available drive letter, starting with Z: and moving backward.
Examples:
rclone ` + commandName + ` remote:path/to/files *
rclone ` + commandName + ` remote:path/to/files X:
rclone ` + commandName + ` remote:path/to/files C:\path\to\nonexistent\directory
rclone ` + commandName + ` remote:path/to/files X:
rclone @ remote:path/to/files *
rclone @ remote:path/to/files X:
rclone @ remote:path/to/files C:\path\to\nonexistent\directory
rclone @ remote:path/to/files X:
Option ` + "`--volname`" + ` can be used to set a custom volume name for the mounted
Option |--volname| can be used to set a custom volume name for the mounted
file system. The default is to use the remote name and path.
To mount as network drive, you can add option ` + "`--network-mode`" + `
to your ` + commandName + ` command. Mounting to a directory path is not supported in
To mount as network drive, you can add option |--network-mode|
to your @ command. Mounting to a directory path is not supported in
this mode, it is a limitation Windows imposes on junctions, so the remote must always
be mounted to a drive letter.
rclone ` + commandName + ` remote:path/to/files X: --network-mode
rclone @ remote:path/to/files X: --network-mode
A volume name specified with ` + "`--volname`" + ` will be used to create the network share path.
A complete UNC path, such as ` + "`\\\\cloud\\remote`" + `, optionally with path
` + "`\\\\cloud\\remote\\madeup\\path`" + `, will be used as is. Any other
string will be used as the share part, after a default prefix ` + "`\\\\server\\`" + `.
If no volume name is specified then ` + "`\\\\server\\share`" + ` will be used.
A volume name specified with |--volname| will be used to create the network share path.
A complete UNC path, such as |\\cloud\remote|, optionally with path
|\\cloud\remote\madeup\path|, will be used as is. Any other
string will be used as the share part, after a default prefix |\\server\|.
If no volume name is specified then |\\server\share| will be used.
You must make sure the volume name is unique when you are mounting more than one drive,
or else the mount command will fail. The share name will treated as the volume label for
the mapped drive, shown in Windows Explorer etc, while the complete
` + "`\\\\server\\share`" + ` will be reported as the remote UNC path by
` + "`net use`" + ` etc, just like a normal network drive mapping.
|\\server\share| will be reported as the remote UNC path by
|net use| etc, just like a normal network drive mapping.
If you specify a full network share UNC path with ` + "`--volname`" + `, this will implicitely
set the ` + "`--network-mode`" + ` option, so the following two examples have same result:
If you specify a full network share UNC path with |--volname|, this will implicitely
set the |--network-mode| option, so the following two examples have same result:
rclone ` + commandName + ` remote:path/to/files X: --network-mode
rclone ` + commandName + ` remote:path/to/files X: --volname \\server\share
rclone @ remote:path/to/files X: --network-mode
rclone @ remote:path/to/files X: --volname \\server\share
You may also specify the network share UNC path as the mountpoint itself. Then rclone
will automatically assign a drive letter, same as with ` + "`*`" + ` and use that as
will automatically assign a drive letter, same as with |*| and use that as
mountpoint, and instead use the UNC path specified as the volume name, as if it were
specified with the ` + "`--volname`" + ` option. This will also implicitely set
the ` + "`--network-mode`" + ` option. This means the following two examples have same result:
specified with the |--volname| option. This will also implicitely set
the |--network-mode| option. This means the following two examples have same result:
rclone ` + commandName + ` remote:path/to/files \\cloud\remote
rclone ` + commandName + ` remote:path/to/files * --volname \\cloud\remote
rclone @ remote:path/to/files \\cloud\remote
rclone @ remote:path/to/files * --volname \\cloud\remote
There is yet another way to enable network mode, and to set the share path,
and that is to pass the "native" libfuse/WinFsp option directly:
` + "`--fuse-flag --VolumePrefix=\\server\\share`" + `. Note that the path
|--fuse-flag --VolumePrefix=\server\share|. Note that the path
must be with just a single backslash prefix in this case.
@ -308,12 +310,12 @@ representing permissions for the POSIX permission scopes: Owner, group and other
By default, the owner and group will be taken from the current user, and the built-in
group "Everyone" will be used to represent others. The user/group can be customized
with FUSE options "UserName" and "GroupName",
e.g. ` + "`-o UserName=user123 -o GroupName=\"Authenticated Users\"`" + `.
e.g. |-o UserName=user123 -o GroupName="Authenticated Users"|.
The permissions on each entry will be set according to
[options](#options) ` + "`--dir-perms`" + ` and ` + "`--file-perms`" + `,
[options](#options) |--dir-perms| and |--file-perms|,
which takes a value in traditional [numeric notation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File-system_permissions#Numeric_notation),
where the default corresponds to ` + "`--file-perms 0666 --dir-perms 0777`" + `.
where the default corresponds to |--file-perms 0666 --dir-perms 0777|.
Note that the mapping of permissions is not always trivial, and the result
you see in Windows Explorer may not be exactly like you expected.
@ -342,10 +344,10 @@ alternatively using [the nssm service manager](https://nssm.cc/usage).
### Limitations
Without the use of ` + "`--vfs-cache-mode`" + ` this can only write files
Without the use of |--vfs-cache-mode| this can only write files
sequentially, it can only seek when reading. This means that many
applications won't work with their files on an rclone mount without
` + "`--vfs-cache-mode writes`" + ` or ` + "`--vfs-cache-mode full`" + `.
|--vfs-cache-mode writes| or |--vfs-cache-mode full|.
See the [File Caching](#file-caching) section for more info.
The bucket based remotes (e.g. Swift, S3, Google Compute Storage, B2,
@ -355,21 +357,21 @@ the directory cache.
Only supported on Linux, FreeBSD, OS X and Windows at the moment.
### rclone ` + commandName + ` vs rclone sync/copy
### rclone @ vs rclone sync/copy
File systems expect things to be 100% reliable, whereas cloud storage
systems are a long way from 100% reliable. The rclone sync/copy
commands cope with this with lots of retries. However rclone ` + commandName + `
commands cope with this with lots of retries. However rclone @
can't use retries in the same way without making local copies of the
uploads. Look at the [file caching](#file-caching)
for solutions to make ` + commandName + ` more reliable.
for solutions to make @ more reliable.
### Attribute caching
You can use the flag ` + "`--attr-timeout`" + ` to set the time the kernel caches
You can use the flag |--attr-timeout| to set the time the kernel caches
the attributes (size, modification time, etc.) for directory entries.
The default is "1s" which caches files just long enough to avoid
The default is |1s| which caches files just long enough to avoid
too many callbacks to rclone from the kernel.
In theory 0s should be the correct value for filesystems which can
@ -380,14 +382,14 @@ few problems such as
and [excessive time listing directories](https://github.com/rclone/rclone/issues/2095#issuecomment-371141147).
The kernel can cache the info about a file for the time given by
` + "`--attr-timeout`" + `. You may see corruption if the remote file changes
|--attr-timeout|. You may see corruption if the remote file changes
length during this window. It will show up as either a truncated file
or a file with garbage on the end. With ` + "`--attr-timeout 1s`" + ` this is
very unlikely but not impossible. The higher you set ` + "`--attr-timeout`" + `
or a file with garbage on the end. With |--attr-timeout 1s| this is
very unlikely but not impossible. The higher you set |--attr-timeout|
the more likely it is. The default setting of "1s" is the lowest
setting which mitigates the problems above.
If you set it higher ('10s' or '1m' say) then the kernel will call
If you set it higher (|10s| or |1m| say) then the kernel will call
back to rclone less often making it more efficient, however there is
more chance of the corruption issue above.
@ -403,28 +405,28 @@ files to be visible in the mount.
### systemd
When running rclone ` + commandName + ` as a systemd service, it is possible
When running rclone @ as a systemd service, it is possible
to use Type=notify. In this case the service will enter the started state
after the mountpoint has been successfully set up.
Units having the rclone ` + commandName + ` service specified as a requirement
Units having the rclone @ service specified as a requirement
will see all files and folders immediately in this mode.
### chunked reading
` + "`--vfs-read-chunk-size`" + ` will enable reading the source objects in parts.
|--vfs-read-chunk-size| will enable reading the source objects in parts.
This can reduce the used download quota for some remotes by requesting only chunks
from the remote that are actually read at the cost of an increased number of requests.
When ` + "`--vfs-read-chunk-size-limit`" + ` is also specified and greater than
` + "`--vfs-read-chunk-size`" + `, the chunk size for each open file will get doubled
for each chunk read, until the specified value is reached. A value of -1 will disable
When |--vfs-read-chunk-size-limit| is also specified and greater than
|--vfs-read-chunk-size|, the chunk size for each open file will get doubled
for each chunk read, until the specified value is reached. A value of |-1| will disable
the limit and the chunk size will grow indefinitely.
With ` + "`--vfs-read-chunk-size 100M`" + ` and ` + "`--vfs-read-chunk-size-limit 0`" + `
With |--vfs-read-chunk-size 100M| and |--vfs-read-chunk-size-limit 0|
the following parts will be downloaded: 0-100M, 100M-200M, 200M-300M, 300M-400M and so on.
When ` + "`--vfs-read-chunk-size-limit 500M`" + ` is specified, the result would be
When |--vfs-read-chunk-size-limit 500M| is specified, the result would be
0-100M, 100M-300M, 300M-700M, 700M-1200M, 1200M-1700M and so on.
` + vfs.Help,
`, "|", "`"), "@", commandName) + vfs.Help,
Run: func(command *cobra.Command, args []string) {
cmd.CheckArgs(2, 2, command, args)
opt := Opt // make a copy of the options

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@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package move
import (
"context"
"strings"
"github.com/rclone/rclone/cmd"
"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/config/flags"
@ -26,20 +27,21 @@ func init() {
var commandDefinition = &cobra.Command{
Use: "move source:path dest:path",
Short: `Move files from source to dest.`,
Long: `
// Warning! "|" will be replaced by backticks below
Long: strings.ReplaceAll(`
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
|source:path| into |dest:path|. After this |source:path| will no
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
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`" + `.
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.
@ -49,10 +51,10 @@ option when moving a small number of files into a large destination
can speed transfers up greatly.
**Important**: Since this can cause data loss, test first with the
` + "`--dry-run` or the `--interactive`/`-i`" + ` flag.
|--dry-run| or the |--interactive|/|-i| flag.
**Note**: Use the ` + "`-P`" + `/` + "`--progress`" + ` flag to view real-time transfer statistics.
`,
**Note**: Use the |-P|/|--progress| flag to view real-time transfer statistics.
`, "|", "`"),
Run: func(command *cobra.Command, args []string) {
cmd.CheckArgs(2, 2, command, args)
fsrc, srcFileName, fdst := cmd.NewFsSrcFileDst(args)

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@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
package vfs
import (
"strings"
)
// Help contains text describing file and directory caching to add to
// the command help.
var Help = `
// Warning: "!" (sic) will be replaced by backticks below,
// but the pipe character "|" can be used as is.
var Help = strings.ReplaceAll(`
### VFS - Virtual File System
This command uses the VFS layer. This adapts the cloud storage objects
@ -19,7 +25,7 @@ about files and directories (but not the data) in memory.
### VFS Directory Cache
Using the ` + "`--dir-cache-time`" + ` flag, you can control how long a
Using the !--dir-cache-time! flag, you can control how long a
directory should be considered up to date and not refreshed from the
backend. Changes made through the mount will appear immediately or
invalidate the cache.
@ -33,7 +39,7 @@ the directory cache expires if the backend configured does not support
polling for changes. If the backend supports polling, changes will be
picked up within the polling interval.
You can send a ` + "`SIGHUP`" + ` signal to rclone for it to flush all
You can send a !SIGHUP! signal to rclone for it to flush all
directory caches, regardless of how old they are. Assuming only one
rclone instance is running, you can reset the cache like this:
@ -50,7 +56,7 @@ Or individual files or directories:
### VFS File Buffering
The ` + "`--buffer-size`" + ` flag determines the amount of memory,
The !--buffer-size! flag determines the amount of memory,
that will be used to buffer data in advance.
Each open file will try to keep the specified amount of data in memory
@ -63,7 +69,7 @@ yet read. If the buffer is empty, only a small amount of memory will
be used.
The maximum memory used by rclone for buffering can be up to
` + "`--buffer-size * open files`" + `.
!--buffer-size * open files!.
### VFS File Caching
@ -84,12 +90,12 @@ find that you need one or the other or both.
--vfs-cache-poll-interval duration Interval to poll the cache for stale objects. (default 1m0s)
--vfs-write-back duration Time to writeback files after last use when using cache. (default 5s)
If run with ` + "`-vv`" + ` rclone will print the location of the file cache. The
If run with !-vv! rclone will print the location of the file cache. The
files are stored in the user cache file area which is OS dependent but
can be controlled with ` + "`--cache-dir`" + ` or setting the appropriate
can be controlled with !--cache-dir! or setting the appropriate
environment variable.
The cache has 4 different modes selected by ` + "`--vfs-cache-mode`" + `.
The cache has 4 different modes selected by !--vfs-cache-mode!.
The higher the cache mode the more compatible rclone becomes at the
cost of using disk space.
@ -99,9 +105,9 @@ second. If rclone is quit or dies with files that haven't been
uploaded, these will be uploaded next time rclone is run with the same
flags.
If using --vfs-cache-max-size note that the cache may exceed this size
If using !--vfs-cache-max-size! note that the cache may exceed this size
for two reasons. Firstly because it is only checked every
--vfs-cache-poll-interval. Secondly because open files cannot be
!--vfs-cache-poll-interval!. Secondly because open files cannot be
evicted from the cache.
#### --vfs-cache-mode off
@ -225,7 +231,7 @@ It is not allowed for two files in the same directory to differ only by case.
Usually file systems on macOS are case-insensitive. It is possible to make macOS
file systems case-sensitive but that is not the default
The "--vfs-case-insensitive" mount flag controls how rclone handles these
The !--vfs-case-insensitive! mount flag controls how rclone handles these
two cases. If its value is "false", rclone passes file names to the mounted
file system as-is. If the flag is "true" (or appears without a value on
command line), rclone may perform a "fixup" as explained below.
@ -246,4 +252,4 @@ The flag controls whether "fixup" is performed to satisfy the target.
If the flag is not provided on the command line, then its default value depends
on the operating system where rclone runs: "true" on Windows and macOS, "false"
otherwise. If the flag is provided without a value, then it is "true".
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