access to the shared folders

[drmashiur]

Thanks for developing this and really very helpful tool for automate different process.

Using the gdrive account add command, I can see the list of files and folders that I own, but how can I see the list of files that have been shared with me? I have "editor" privileges on those folders.

[Nik3939]

Hi @drmashiur
You can see the list of files of a shared folder by using the command "gdrive files list --drive [ID of the shared folder]" where the ID can be taken from the url that you see when you open the folder in the drive in your browser of choice

[Nik3939]

However, I didn't find a way to download such files as it seems the --drive flag is not implemented in the download command...

[thompsonmj]

@drmashiur and @Nik3939 , you can create a shortcut to the shared folder:

• Go to "Shared with me"
• Click the vertical ... on the shared folder you want to download
• Click "Organize" > "Add shortcut" and put it into "My Drive"

Now, you'll see the ID with gdrive files list, and you can download it with

gdrive files download --recursive --follow-shortcuts [ID]