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    Install rclone:
curl https://rclone.org/install.sh | sudo bash

Configure rclone remote:
rclone config

Create a bash script under /root/rclone.sh :
(Replace example:example with your rclone command)
#!/bin/bash
LOCKFILE="/var/lock/`basename $0`"

(
    flock -n 9 || {
	echo "$0 already running"
	exit 1
    }

echo "Starting rclone"
rclone sync example:example example:example --transfers 50 --checkers 50

) 9>$LOCKFILE

Create a log file:
touch /var/log/rclone.log

Add a Cronjob:
crontab -e

Set Cronjob running every 2 minutes:
*/2 * * * * bash /root/rclone.sh > /var/log/rclone.log 2>&1

Check log:
cat /var/log/rclone-cron.log

Check if your rclone.sh is running:
pgrep -f -a rclone.sh