Dropbox and rsync

rclone config

  • select n)new remote
  • enter a name name? Dropbox
  • storage config dropbox
  • client_id> leave blank
  • client_secret> leave blank
  • auto config? no

go to a machine with a browser and type

rclone authorize "dropbox"

paste the result in config_token

e.g

{"access_token":"XXX","token_type":"bearer","refresh_token":"XXX","expiry":"2023-05-13T16:15:51.875425+01:00"}

That's it...

to use

rclone sync /home/pi/motion-images Dropbox:_pi/pi2-frontcamera