🎮 RetroArch Save Sync

BETA

A simple script to automatically sync RetroArch save files with Google Drive using rclone. Perfect for Raspberry Pi!

🚀 Features

• 🔁 Backup save files and save states
• ☁️ Restore from the cloud
• 🧠 Based on rclone (also supports Dropbox, OneDrive, etc.)
• 📝 Detailed log

⚙️ Requirements

• A Linux/macOS system (MADE FOR PERSONAL USE ON MY RASPBERRY PI)
• rclone installed and configured with a remote named gdrive
• RetroArch installed (saved files located in ~/.config/retroarch/)

🔧 Setup

1. Clone the repo:

git clone https://github.com/tuo-username/retroarch-save-sync.git
cd retroarch-save-sync
chmod +x save-sync.sh

2. (Optional) Configure rclone if you haven't already done it (⚠️make sure you have the file rclone.conf⚠️):

rclone config

3. let's backup:

./save-sync.sh backup

4. Or restore saves:

./save-sync.sh restore

🕒 Automation

For example, to run automatic backups every day at 18:00 (6 PM):

crontab -e

add the following line:

0 18 * * * /percorso/alla/save-sync.sh backup

📄 License

MIT — you can use this however you want!!

Made by Achille Pisani