PTSD Accidental Deletion of whole backup (Request --read-only)

[g0kuz]

Can you implement --read-only on your android app. I have chills just thinking of how easy you can delete your whole library with a few buttons.

Also to change this setting, a password would be required or even better, the encryption password.

[patrykcoding]

Not really sure if I see a good reason for this feature.

• Rclone doesn't even ask for confirmation before deleting files, so I would argue that on desktop it's even easier to delete all your files.
• Many remotes support Trash, so if you delete something accidentally, you can restore it.
• A Google Drive remote can be created with read-only scope (not really helpful if you're using other providers)

Also, read only suggests that it would not be possible to upload new files, or modify existing ones (rename, move). Is that what you have in mind?

[g0kuz]

Yes, because I use rclone android to only stream and download, there's no reason to have the delete feature as i edit and upload through the computer.

Maybe at the start of the app you could implement the --read-only througout the app, meaning only "clear data" under app info can reset it.

[patrykcoding]

Adding password protection on the delete function shouldn't be hard to do, so I can implement that.

Right now I took a bit of a break from this project, only fixing bugs and updating rclone version. I'm hoping to start working on it again within a month. I still want to add password protection when opening the app, so once I have that functionality done, I'll add password protection on the delete function.

[g0kuz]

Yea, but adding password protection on deletion doesn't prevent any changes like renaming/moving files.

Best case, if you ever have time, is to implement a --read-only. That's the only thing that makes me safe without any worry my files are touched.