.NET Core 3.1

1. Monitor filesystem changes (file/directory level)
2. Generate --include-from file for rclone
3. Execute rclone batch. Rclone command must contain --include-from
4. Synchronize changes in real time.

1. Install and configure rclone
2. Download source or binaries RcloneFileWatcherCore.

RcloneFileWatcherCoreConfig.cfg - JSON config file (example below).

  "ConsoleWriter": true,
  "Path": [
    {
      "WatchingPath": "e:\\Shared\\",
      "RcloneFilesFromPath": "d:\\files-from-shared.txt",
      "RcloneBatch": "d:\\rclone_livesync_shared.bat",
      "ExcludeContains": [
        ".tmp",
        ".drivedownload1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "WatchingPath": "d:\\test1\\",
      "RcloneFilesFromPath": "d:\\files-from-test1.txt",
      "RcloneBatch": "d:\\rclone_Test1.bat",
      "ExcludeContains": [
        ".tmp",
        ".drivedownload"
      ]
    }
   ],
    "UpdateRclone": {
      "Update": true,
      "RclonePath": ".\\rclone.exe",
      "RcloneWebsiteCurrentVersionAddress": "https://downloads.rclone.org/rclone-current-windows-amd64.zip",
      "ChceckUpdateHours": 1
  },
}

• "ConsoleWriter": true - on or off display some debug information to console.

• "WatchingPath": "e:\\Shared\\" - Watching folder

• "RcloneFilesFromPath": "d:\\files-from-shared.txt" - output path to write --files-from (for rclone)

• "RcloneBatch": "d:\\files-from-shared.txt" - run rclone script (batch) every 30 seconds only when appears any changes. Rclone script must contain --include-from

• "ExcludeContains": [".tmp"] - exclude every path which contains ".tmp"

• "UpdateRclone" - auto update rclone to latest stable version

• "Update": true - enable auto update

• "RclonePath": ".\\rclone.exe" - path to eclone

• "RcloneWebsiteCurrentVersionAddress": "https://downloads.rclone.org/rclone-current-windows-amd64.zip" - current rclone version

• "ChceckUpdateHours": 1 - check for update every numbers of hours

An example of a simple script - rclone_livesync_shared.bat:

rclone.exe sync --include-from d:\files-from-shared.txt e:\Shared pcloudcrypt:Shared --create-empty-src-dirs --backup-dir pcloudcrypt:$Archive\Shared\2021 --suffix " [backup]" --log-file=d:\log_livesync_shared.txt --log-level INFO

Windows users can run it as a service with NSSM - the Non-Sucking Service Manager.

Run RcloneFileWatcherCore and leave it in background. Once per day (to be sure) run full rclone sync via scheduler/cron - it should pass without any changes.