github.com/artpar/rclone@v1.67.3/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 groups: Important 7 versionIntroduced: v1.52 8 # autogenerated - DO NOT EDIT, instead edit the source code in cmd/backend/ and as part of making a release run "make commanddocs" 9 --- 10 # rclone backend 11 12 Run a backend-specific command. 13 14 ## Synopsis 15 16 17 This runs a backend-specific command. The commands themselves (except 18 for "help" and "features") are defined by the backends and you should 19 see the backend docs for definitions. 20 21 You can discover what commands a backend implements by using 22 23 rclone backend help remote: 24 rclone backend help <backendname> 25 26 You can also discover information about the backend using (see 27 [operations/fsinfo](/rc/#operations-fsinfo) in the remote control docs 28 for more info). 29 30 rclone backend features remote: 31 32 Pass options to the backend command with -o. This should be key=value or key, e.g.: 33 34 rclone backend stats remote:path stats -o format=json -o long 35 36 Pass arguments to the backend by placing them on the end of the line 37 38 rclone backend cleanup remote:path file1 file2 file3 39 40 Note to run these commands on a running backend then see 41 [backend/command](/rc/#backend-command) in the rc docs. 42 43 44 ``` 45 rclone backend <command> remote:path [opts] <args> [flags] 46 ``` 47 48 ## Options 49 50 ``` 51 -h, --help help for backend 52 --json Always output in JSON format 53 -o, --option stringArray Option in the form name=value or name 54 ``` 55 56 57 ## Important Options 58 59 Important flags useful for most commands. 60 61 ``` 62 -n, --dry-run Do a trial run with no permanent changes 63 -i, --interactive Enable interactive mode 64 -v, --verbose count Print lots more stuff (repeat for more) 65 ``` 66 67 See the [global flags page](/flags/) for global options not listed here. 68 69 # SEE ALSO 70 71 * [rclone](/commands/rclone/) - Show help for rclone commands, flags and backends. 72