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title: "Alias"
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description: "Remote Aliases"
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versionIntroduced: "v1.40"
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---
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# {{< icon "fa fa-link" >}} Alias
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The `alias` remote provides a new name for another remote.
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Paths may be as deep as required or a local path,
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e.g. `remote:directory/subdirectory` or `/directory/subdirectory`.
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During the initial setup with `rclone config` you will specify the target
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remote. The target remote can either be a local path or another remote.
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Subfolders can be used in target remote. Assume an alias remote named `backup`
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with the target `mydrive:private/backup`. Invoking `rclone mkdir backup:desktop`
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is exactly the same as invoking `rclone mkdir mydrive:private/backup/desktop`.
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There will be no special handling of paths containing `..` segments.
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Invoking `rclone mkdir backup:../desktop` is exactly the same as invoking
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`rclone mkdir mydrive:private/backup/../desktop`.
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The empty path is not allowed as a remote. To alias the current directory
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use `.` instead.
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The target remote can also be a [connection string](/docs/#connection-strings).
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This can be used to modify the config of a remote for different uses, e.g.
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the alias `myDriveTrash` with the target remote `myDrive,trashed_only:`
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can be used to only show the trashed files in `myDrive`.
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## Configuration
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Here is an example of how to make an alias called `remote` for local folder.
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First run:
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rclone config
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This will guide you through an interactive setup process:
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```
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No remotes found, make a new one?
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n) New remote
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s) Set configuration password
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q) Quit config
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n/s/q> n
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name> remote
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Type of storage to configure.
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Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
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[snip]
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XX / Alias for an existing remote
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\ "alias"
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[snip]
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Storage> alias
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Remote or path to alias.
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Can be "myremote:path/to/dir", "myremote:bucket", "myremote:" or "/local/path".
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remote> /mnt/storage/backup
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Remote config
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[remote]
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remote = /mnt/storage/backup
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y) Yes this is OK
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e) Edit this remote
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d) Delete this remote
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y/e/d> y
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Current remotes:
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Name Type
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==== ====
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remote alias
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e) Edit existing remote
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n) New remote
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d) Delete remote
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r) Rename remote
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c) Copy remote
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s) Set configuration password
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q) Quit config
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e/n/d/r/c/s/q> q
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```
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Once configured you can then use `rclone` like this,
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List directories in top level in `/mnt/storage/backup`
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rclone lsd remote:
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List all the files in `/mnt/storage/backup`
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rclone ls remote:
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Copy another local directory to the alias directory called source
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rclone copy /home/source remote:source
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{{< rem autogenerated options start" - DO NOT EDIT - instead edit fs.RegInfo in backend/alias/alias.go then run make backenddocs" >}}
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### Standard options
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Here are the Standard options specific to alias (Alias for an existing remote).
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#### --alias-remote
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Remote or path to alias.
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Can be "myremote:path/to/dir", "myremote:bucket", "myremote:" or "/local/path".
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Properties:
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- Config: remote
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- Env Var: RCLONE_ALIAS_REMOTE
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- Type: string
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- Required: true
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{{< rem autogenerated options stop >}}
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