From 9aac2d6965222c6ae8483695e5835ec3737eed8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Craig-Wood Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 20:48:59 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] drive: add notes that cleanup works in the background on drive --- docs/content/drive.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/content/drive.md b/docs/content/drive.md index 4ef1a60f3..4390f9fdb 100644 --- a/docs/content/drive.md +++ b/docs/content/drive.md @@ -380,6 +380,10 @@ If you wish to empty your trash you can use the `rclone cleanup remote:` command which will permanently delete all your trashed files. This command does not take any path arguments. +Note that Google Drive takes some time (minutes to days) to empty the +trash even though the command returns within a few seconds. No output +is echoed, so there will be no confirmation even using -v or -vv. + ### Quota information ### To view your current quota you can use the `rclone about remote:`