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+#!/bin/bash
+
+rclone_install () {
+
+local INSTALL_DIR="/opt"
+local BIN_DIR="/opt/bin"
+local FORCE=false
+local VERSION=current
+
+declare OPTION
+declare OPTARG
+declare OPTIND
+
+while getopts 'i:b:v:f' OPTION; do
+  case "$OPTION" in
+    i)
+      INSTALL_DIR=$OPTARG
+      ;;
+    b)
+      BIN_DIR=$OPTARG
+      ;;
+
+    v)
+      echo "Installing Beta"
+      VERSION=$OPTARG
+      ;;
+    f)
+      echo "FORCING download/overwrite"
+      FORCE=true
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+shift $(( OPTIND - 1 ))
+
+# error codes
+# 0 - exited without problems
+# 1 - parameters not supported were used or some unexpected error occurred
+# 2 - OS or Architecture not supported by this script
+# 3 - installed version of rclone is up to date
+# 4 - supported unzip tools are not available
+# 5 - unable to install without sudo permission
+
+[[ ! -w "$INSTALL_DIR" ]] && echo $INSTALL is not writable by user $USER, can\'t install there && exit 5
+[[ ! -w "$BIN_DIR" ]] && echo $BIN_DIR is not writable by user $USER, won\'t be able to link binary there && exit 5
+INSTALL_DIR=$INSTALL_DIR/rclone
+# if [[ $EUID != 0 ]]; then
+#     sudo "$0" "$@"
+#     exit $?
+# fi
+
+#detect the platform
+set +e
+
+OS="`uname`"
+case $OS in
+  Linux)
+    OS='linux'
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo 'Only Linux OS not supported by this script'
+    exit 2
+    ;;
+esac
+
+OS_type="`uname -m`"
+case $OS_type in
+  x86_64|amd64)
+    OS_type='amd64'
+    ;;
+  i?86|x86)
+    OS_type='386'
+    ;;
+  arm*)
+    OS_type='arm'
+    ;;
+  aarch64)
+    OS_type='arm64'
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo 'OS architecture not supported'
+    exit 2
+    ;;
+esac
+
+set -e
+
+#when adding a tool to the list make sure to also add its corresponding command further in the script
+
+# exit if no unzip tools available
+[[ -z "unzip" ]] && printf "Please install unzip and try again.\n\n" && exit 4
+
+# Make sure we don't create a root owned .config/rclone directory #2127
+# export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=config
+
+#check installed version of rclone to determine if update is necessary
+# installed_version=`rclone --version 2>>errors | head -n 1`
+# if [ -z "${install_beta}" ]; then
+#     current_version=`curl https://downloads.rclone.org/version.txt`
+# else
+#     current_version=`curl https://beta.rclone.org/version.txt`
+# fi
+#
+# if [ "$version" = "$current_version" ]; then
+#     printf "\nThe latest ${install_beta}version of rclone ${version} is already installed.\n\n"
+#     exit 3
+# fi
+
+echo  Installing to $INSTALL_DIR
+mkdir -p $INSTALL_DIR
+cd $INSTALL_DIR
+
+# mv rclone.bin rclone.bin.prev
+
+#create tmp directory and move to it with macOS compatibility fallback
+# mkdir $INSTALL_DIR/zip
+# $(mktemp -d -f rclone-zip)
+# cd $zip_dir
+
+# echo made temp
+#download and unzip
+if [[ $VERSION = "current" ]]; then
+    download_link="https://downloads.rclone.org/rclone-current-$OS-$OS_type.zip"
+    rclone_zip="rclone-current-$OS-$OS_type.zip"
+else
+    download_link="https://beta.rclone.org/rclone-beta-latest-$OS-$OS_type.zip"
+    rclone_zip="rclone-beta-latest-$OS-$OS_type.zip"
+fi
+
+echo downloading rclone binary archive $download_link
+# curl -O $download_link
+echo expanding archive
+unzip -j -o -a $rclone_zip
+mkdir -p $INSTALL_DIR/docs 2> /dev/null || true
+rm $INSTALL_DIR/docs/*.* 2> /dev/null || true
+echo moving documentation files to docs/
+mv  *.1 *.txt README.* $INSTALL_DIR/docs/ 2> /dev/null || true
+# rm *.zip
+echo preparing customized rclone command
+rm -rf rclone.bin
+mv rclone rclone.bin
+chown :sudo rclone.bin
+chmod 775 rclone.bin
+touch $INSTALL_DIR/rclone
+touch $INSTALL_DIR/rclone.conf
+mkdir $INSTALL_DIR/cache 2> /dev/null || true
+echo '#!/bin/bash' > $INSTALL_DIR/rclone
+CMD=$(echo $INSTALL_DIR/rclone.bin \
+    --config=$INSTALL_DIR/rclone.conf \
+    --cache-dir=$INSTALL_DIR/cache \
+    '$@' \
+    )
+echo "$CMD" >> $INSTALL_DIR/rclone
+chown :sudo rclone
+chmod 775 rclone
+rm $BIN_DIR/rclone
+ln -s $INSTALL_DIR/rclone $BIN_DIR/rclone
+echo -e "rclone customized command can be launched from echo where: $(command -v rclone) \n $CMD"
+cd ..
+
+
+
+
+#update version variable post install
+version=`rclone --version 2>>errors | head -n 1`
+
+printf "\n${version} has successfully installed."
+printf '\nNow run "rclone config" for setup. Check https://rclone.org/docs/ for more details.\n\n'
+exit 0
+
+}