github.com/10XDev/rclone@v1.52.3-0.20200626220027-16af9ab76b2a/docs/content/commands/rclone_backend.md (about) 1 --- 2 title: "rclone backend" 3 description: "Run a backend specific command." 4 slug: rclone_backend 5 url: /commands/rclone_backend/ 6 # autogenerated - DO NOT EDIT, instead edit the source code in cmd/backend/ and as part of making a release run "make commanddocs" 7 --- 8 # rclone backend 9 10 Run a backend specific command. 11 12 ## Synopsis 13 14 15 This runs a backend specific command. The commands themselves (except 16 for "help" and "features") are defined by the backends and you should 17 see the backend docs for definitions. 18 19 You can discover what commands a backend implements by using 20 21 rclone backend help remote: 22 rclone backend help <backendname> 23 24 You can also discover information about the backend using (see 25 [operations/fsinfo](/rc/#operations/fsinfo) in the remote control docs 26 for more info). 27 28 rclone backend features remote: 29 30 Pass options to the backend command with -o. This should be key=value or key, eg: 31 32 rclone backend stats remote:path stats -o format=json -o long 33 34 Pass arguments to the backend by placing them on the end of the line 35 36 rclone backend cleanup remote:path file1 file2 file3 37 38 Note to run these commands on a running backend then see 39 [backend/command](/rc/#backend/command) in the rc docs. 40 41 42 ``` 43 rclone backend <command> remote:path [opts] <args> [flags] 44 ``` 45 46 ## Options 47 48 ``` 49 -h, --help help for backend 50 --json Always output in JSON format. 51 -o, --option stringArray Option in the form name=value or name. 52 ``` 53 54 See the [global flags page](/flags/) for global options not listed here. 55 56 ## SEE ALSO 57 58 * [rclone](/commands/rclone/) - Show help for rclone commands, flags and backends. 59