jdrivesync should have a '--no-delete' option that prevents the deletion of files from the target

[siom79]

"jdrivesync handles synchronization very well. But, for some applications, a simple copy or move operation is what is required.

For example, my application is a Raspberry Pi based wildlife camera. The camera writes jpeg and mp4 files onto its SD card, and a cron job periodically uploads these files to Google Drive using jdrivesync. I would like to be able to delete the files from the SD card once they have been uploaded, to free up space on the SD card. However, if I do this, the next synchronization deletes the files from Google Drive.

I would like to suggest a "--no-delete" option, that would prevent jdrivesync from deleting files from the target that have been removed from the source. I believe this would be easy to implement, and would make jdrivesync a much more flexible tool."

M. Fisher via email

[siom79]

I have added the new option --no-delete to jdrivesync. You can test it using this snapshot version here.

Let me know what you think.

[mfisheresq]

I tested the snapshot version, and it works exactly as I wanted. Many thanks for implementing this.

PS: A minor point... The log still reports that a number of files have been deleted.

[siom79]

Fine.

The implementation for the report still has to be changed. This issue here also indicates that I should change it. I think I will have to rework that one a bit.

[siom79]

Released with version 0.3.0.