Cloud Sync Task Unable to skip shortcuts

Hellrazorx

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HI all,

When using shared Drives on Google Workspace, your have the option to create shortcuts to another drive. There a re numerous security or ease of use reasons to use this option. You can create a shortcut pointing toward a file or a folder.

By default:
The Cloud Sync Task resolves to the targeted files. meaning:

Drive A DriveB
File1File2
Link to Folder3Folder3

When syncing Drive A, you will get
File1 and Folder 3 and it's content.

When syncing Drive B you will get
File2 and Folder3... Again.

I tried to use the exclude parameters like so:

/*.lnk/**

Without sucess.
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The ''follow symlinks'', whitout thinking it's gonna change anything to actual ''shortcuts'' had no effect, enabled or disabled.
i know Rclone has the option to

--drive-skip-shortcuts

But I don't see a way to include this parameter in the GUI.

Is the only solution to build the whole sync job as a cron job?

Thanks for any input
 
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