Provides proper continuous syncing capabilities using rclone bisync.

• Bidirectional sync between remote and local directories
• Real-time local change detection via inotifywait
• Periodic remote polling (every 20s)
• Automatic conflict resolution (newer file wins, loser preserved)
• Graceful fallback for servers without checksum/modtime support
• Systemd integration for running as a user service

• rclone (configured with your remote)
• inotify-tools (sudo apt install inotify-tools)

• systemd (for service management)

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Yiannis128/rclone-sync/refs/heads/master/install.sh | bash

Make sure ~/.local/bin is in your PATH:

export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"

rclone-sync-add <name> <remote:path> <local-path>

Example:

rclone-sync-add documents gdrive:Documents ~/Documents

systemctl --user enable --now rclone-sync@documents

systemctl --user status rclone-sync@documents

journalctl --user -u rclone-sync@documents -f

rclone-sync-delete documents

rclone-sync-prune

rclone-sync-update

1. On first run, performs a resync preferring the remote
2. Watches local directory for changes using inotifywait
3. Polls remote every 20 seconds for changes
4. Uses flock to prevent concurrent sync operations
5. On conflict, newer file wins; loser is renamed with .path1 or .path2 suffix

Configs are stored in ~/.config/rclone-sync/<name>.conf:

REMOTE_PATH="gdrive:Documents"
LOCAL_DIR="/home/user/Documents"

Cache files are stored in ~/.cache/rclone/bisync/.

See LICENSE file.