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rclone: Mount rclone remote (experimental).
$ rclone mount ${remote_name}:${path-to-directory} ${path-to-mount_point}
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The command "rclone mount" is used to mount a remote storage system or cloud storage provider on your local machine as a local file system.
Let's break down the command:
- "rclone mount" is the main command that tells the rclone program to mount the remote storage system.
- "${remote_name}" is a placeholder that represents the name of the remote storage system or cloud storage provider that you have configured in rclone. For example, it could be "google-drive", "dropbox", "s3", etc.
- ":" is used here to separate the remote name from the path to the directory within that remote storage system.
- "${path-to-directory}" is a placeholder representing the path to the directory within the remote storage system that you want to mount. It is the path relative to the root of the remote storage system. For example, if you want to mount the "documents" directory within a remote storage system, you would provide the path like "/documents".
- "${path-to-mount_point}" is a placeholder representing the path to the local directory that you want to use as the mount point. This is the directory on your local machine where the remote storage system will be mounted as a local file system. For example, it could be "/mnt/remote" or any other location on your local machine.
When you run this command, rclone will establish a connection to the specified remote storage system, authenticate if necessary, and mount it as a local file system at the specified local directory. From that point on, you can access the contents of the remote storage system as if it were a local directory on your machine.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.