How to ensure rclone sync before shut down?

[LANdpLAN]

How can I make sure that rclone has synced everything before shutting down bwpup.
I think I'm having problems with a database because I often have to restore the dropbox file due to corruption. I'm thinking this is being caused because when I finish working on it I'm tired and ready for bed so I close and save my work and then shut down the computer. Currently I'll try watching the Up:k/s and when it flat lines Ill shutdown.
I wonder if there is a better way?

[Trapster]

I don't have rclone but if you're running it in a script, you can always add this to the end of the script:

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xmessage -center "sync is complete"

[fernan]

found on the Internet, about using rclone with the "-v" parameter

"If you use -v rclone will print a little summary at the end."

[wizard]

Maybe just a little script that runs rclone, then shuts the system down an hour later.

wizard

[robertstein]

You can ensure rclone finishes syncing before shutdown by using a simple shutdown script. Create a script that runs rclone sync and only shuts down once syncing is complete.

1. Create the script:
Open a terminal and run:

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echo -e "#!/bin/sh\nrclone sync /path/to/local/dir remote:backup && poweroff" > /root/safe_shutdown.sh
chmod +x /root/safe_shutdown.sh

2. Use the script to shut down:
Instead of shutting down manually, run:

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/root/safe_shutdown.sh

This ensures that rclone fully syncs your files before the system powers off.

[LANdpLAN]

You can ensure rclone finishes syncing before shutdown by using a simple shutdown script. Create a script that runs rclone sync and only shuts down once syncing is complete.

1. Create the script:
Open a terminal and run:

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echo -e "#!/bin/sh\nrclone sync /path/to/local/dir remote:backup && poweroff" > /root/safe_shutdown.sh
chmod +x /root/safe_shutdown.sh

2. Use the script to shut down:
Instead of shutting down manually, run:

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/root/safe_shutdown.sh

This ensures that rclone fully syncs your files before the system powers off.

How can I modify the existing shutdown script? The script that runs when I press this

[fernan]

the logout menu is called logout_gui , and when you press the shutdown button, it runs the wmpoweroff command.

I think the easiest way would be to rename the original wmpoweroff command and create instead a link to your new shutdown script, called wmpoweroff in the same folder. Do a file search to check if there are other links or instances of the original wmpoweroff. If they are all links to the original file, all of them will work with your new wmpoweroff.

The hardest way would be to modify logout_gui to point to your new script instead of launching the original wmpoweroff