Create the following file under ~/.config/systemd/user/rclone-dropbox.service:
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| [Unit] | |
| Description=Dropbox (rclone) | |
| AssertPathIsDirectory=%h/Dropbox | |
| # Make sure we have network enabled | |
| After=network.target | |
| [Service] | |
| Type=simple | |
| ExecStart=/usr/bin/rclone mount --vfs-cache-mode full Dropbox: Dropbox | |
| # Perform lazy unmount | |
| ExecStop=/usr/bin/fusermount -zu %h/Dropbox | |
| # Restart the service whenever rclone exists with non-zero exit code | |
| Restart=on-failure | |
| RestartSec=15 | |
| [Install] | |
| # Autostart after reboot | |
| WantedBy=default.target |
Reload the user services, enable and start the new service:
$ systemctl --user daemon-reload
$ systemctl --user enable --now rclone-dropbox
Thanks a lot, saved me a lot of time setting up USER service files, especially looking up which folders, etc.
Maybe add how to see the logs of each service, like
journalctl –user -fu your-service-file.service
and a hint to never use “~” for the home folder because it doesn’t get expanded but treated literally. Also enable user lingering if you want to run user services on reboot.
Have a great day!
Examine the – before vfs in the ExecStart line. This needs to be a double dash but it looks like something converted it to a special Unicode character. So that code doesn’t work upon copy paste
Thanks, I fixed it.