Enhanced Auto-Sync & Backup Scheduling – Plus Edition

Feature
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:puzzle_piece: Title

Enhanced Auto-Sync & Backup Scheduling – Plus Edition

:page_facing_up: Description

Introduce a real-time or periodic automatic backup system that works silently in the background. The backup process should support:

  • :pushpin: Continuous file monitoring (e.g., every X minutes)

  • :pushpin: Non-destructive backups (e.g., backup-dir support)

  • :pushpin: Multi-cloud backup targets (e.g., Dropbox + Google Drive)

  • :pushpin: Conflict-safe operations with versioned folders

This would extend RcloneView beyond manual copy/sync into a resilient automatic backup scheduler, ideal for everyday users and small teams.

:hammer_and_wrench: Usage Scenarios

Let’s say a user edits a.doc on their desktop. Without user intervention:

  1. RcloneView periodically detects changes in the source folder.

  2. Modified files are automatically copied to:

    • Primary cloud (e.g., Dropbox) for immediate backup

    • Secondary cloud (e.g., Google Drive) as a failover archive

  3. (Optional) Older versions are preserved in a time-stamped --backup-dir, supporting rollback.

This ensures real-time protection and multi-point redundancy.

:test_tube: Reference UI (Inspiration)

:warning: Limitations to Overcome

Issue Solution Proposal
Rclone itself doesn’t support real-time sync natively Use periodic polling + compare timestamps (RcloneView layer)
Rclone sync may delete files on the target Default to copy mode with --backup-dir to preserve older files

:date: Roadmap (Vision)

  • :white_check_mark: rclone copy + --backup-dir as safe default

  • :hourglass_not_done: Add per-job retention policy manager (e.g., keep last N versions)

  • :repeat_button: Support multiple backup targets per job

  • :stopwatch: Add visual time picker & cron options for flexible scheduling

  • :brain: (Optional) Integrate Change Detection Layer (based on fs event or hashing)

:man_raising_hand: Want this feature?

Upvote this post if you’d like to see Auto-Backup + Versioned Sync in RcloneView!

Have other suggestions for backup policies or scheduling UI? Comment below :backhand_index_pointing_down:

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Great idea, just upvoted. Is there a rough roadmap or ETA for these features yet?

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one thing to note here with this is that the onedrive for linux suffers with the “safeBackup” issue when using libreoffice. What happens is that there is a .lock file that gets created and then onedrive freaks out and creates between 1 and 400 (yes, I had a document that created 400 safeBackups). Althought safeBackups were excluded from upload, it did it anyway.

I use the onedrive just for the auto-sync and would abandon it in a heartbeat.