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    Auto-sync screenshots from Steam Deck to Google Drive

Enable SSH (optional)

Before you start, you can enable SSH server on your Steam Deck so it's a little easier to go through some of these steps:
$ passwd
$ sudo systemctl start sshd
$ sudo systemctl enable sshd
Afterwards, you can connect to your deck using ssh deck@steamdeck command on your desktop/laptop.
Configure Screenshot Directory

Let's configure where the screenshots are stored. Make a directory (I'm using ~/.steam_screenshots, you can pick whatever you want):
$ mkdir ~/.steam_screenshots
Then, in Desktop mode, go to Steam Settings, select In-Game tab on the left and change the directory to the one you made before
using Screenshot Folder button. You can also select Save an uncompressed copy if you want to get better-quality screenshots (they will be stored in PNG format instead of JPG).
Note: the default screenshot location on Steam Deck is ~/.steam/steam/userdata/${your_steam_id}/760/remote/${steam_game_id}/screenshots/, we're reconfiguring Steam to use a single directory.
Download rclone

Go to https://rclone.org/downloads/ and download the Intel/AMD - 64 Bit / Linux version. Unzip it, upload just the rclone binary to
your Deck, and put it in a easily accessible directory.
$ unzip rclone-v*-linux-amd64.zip
$ scp rclone-v*-linux-amd64/rclone deck@steamdeck:
And then on the Deck:
$ mkdir ~/bin
$ mv ~/rclone ~/bin
Authenticate rclone to Google Drive

$ ~/bin/rclone config
The process is a little tedious but is very well described at https://rclone.org/drive/.
Make note of the remote name you configure for your Google Drive (I'll be using google_drive).
Write a script to clone screenshots

Here's mine (I put it in ~/bin/sync_screenshots):
#!/usr/bin/env bash

RCLONE_BIN="${HOME}/bin/rclone"
REMOTE_NAME='google_drive'
REMOTE_DIR='steam_screenshots'
SOURCE_DIR="${HOME}/.steam_screenshots"

${RCLONE_BIN} sync "${SOURCE_DIR}" "${REMOTE_NAME}:${REMOTE_DIR}"
Write systemd service and path units

First, a service unit (put it in ~/.config/systemd/user/sync_steam_screenshots.service:
[Unit]
Description=Sync Steam Screenshots

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=%h/bin/sync_screenshots

Then, a path unit that will trigger the service every time a directory is modified
(put it in ~/.config/systemd/user/sync_steam_screenshots.path):
[Unit]
Description=Sync Steam Screenshots

[Path]
PathModified=%h/.steam_screenshots
Unit=sync_steam_screenshots.service

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

Enable systemd path unit

$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
$ systemctl --user enable sync_steam_screenshots.path