I have a folder a/ and a remote folder A/. I now run something like this on a Makefile:
get-music: rsync -avzru server:/media/10001/music/ /media/Incoming/music
You can use cloudsync to keep a folder in-sync with a remote:
pip install cloudsync pip install cloudsync-gdrive cloudsync sync file:c:/users/me/documents gdrive:/mydocs
If the remote is NFS, you can use:
cloudsync sync file:c:/users/me/documents/ file:/mnt/nfs/whatevs