Backing Up Data to Google Drive with Rclone

A. Preparation

Install Rclone

Since I am using Manjaro, which is Arch-based, to install Rclone:
```
sudo pacman -S rclone
```
Create a Folder for Mounting the Drive

Here, I create a folder in my home directory named mydrive:
```
mkdir ~/mydrive
```
Thus, the directory will be ~/mydrive.

B. Configuring Rclone

Open Terminal and Type:
```
rclone config
```
Type ‘n’ for New Remote.
```
n/s/q> n
```
Type the Remote Name. Here, I will use the name ITK_drive.
```
name> ITK_drive
```
A list of drives supported by Rclone will appear.
Since I will use Google Drive, type 15 or select ‘drive’.
```
Storage> 15
```
Leave the following command lines blank or press Enter:
```
client_id> 
client_secret> 
```
Choose 1 for Full access to all files, excluding Application Data Folder.
```
scope> 1
```
Leave the following command lines blank or press Enter:
```
root_folder_id> 
```
Leave the following command lines blank or press Enter:
```
service_account_file> 
```
Choose ‘n’ or press Enter for Edit advanced config?
```
y/n> n
```
Choose ‘y’ or press Enter to Use auto config?
```
y/n> y
```
An authentication window will appear in your browser. Choose Allow, and you will see:
```
'Success!
All done. Please go back to rclone.
```
Return to the terminal. Choose ‘n’ or press Enter for Configure this as a Shared Drive (Team Drive)?
```
y/n> n
```
The overall configuration will appear. Choose ‘y’.
```
y/e/d> y
```
Then exit the Rclone configuration by choosing ‘q’.
```
e/n/d/r/c/s/q> q
```

Now, the Rclone configuration is complete. Next is how to use it.

C. Using Rclone

If you forget the name of the remote you created earlier, run:
```
rclone listremotes
```
A list of the remotes you have created will appear:
```
> rclone listremotes
ITK_drive:
```
Mount the remote to the folder created earlier.
```
rclone mount ITK_drive: ~/mydrive
```
Open a new terminal/tab to perform the data backup.

The backup command I will use is rsync:

rsync -Pruv /folder/yang/akan/dibackup ~/mydrive/folder/tujuan

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