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> Please **read the source code** if you're unsure or want to verify that it behaves as described.
> Contributions, feedback, and scrutiny are welcome.

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> ### 🚨 <ins>**BEWARE OF MALICIOUS FORKS**</ins>
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> **This project is actively maintained.**
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> There are forks (such as `jabiralam7/bclone-continued`) that were created **in advance** to falsely imply this project has been discontinued. **This is not true.** These forks are a known setup to inject malware at a later date.
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> **Only download releases from this official repository.** Do not trust any fork claiming to be a "continuation" of bclone.

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[<img src="https://rclone.org/img/logo_on_light__horizontal_color.svg" width="50%" alt="rclone logo">](https://rclone.org/#gh-light-mode-only)
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[<img src="https://rclone.org/img/logo_on_dark__horizontal_color.svg" width="50%" alt="rclone logo">](https://rclone.org/#gh-dark-mode-only)
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