export: allow unloading to a single directory instead of each sub-directory per export #660
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Hello there @AtcR, thanks for the issue and welcome to drive. Yes in deed, currently it creates a directory per file but that's because you can export to multiple formats(e.g pdf, txt, rtf, png etc) and also to avoid cluttering one directory. A feature request could be to allow dumping exports into a common directory. |
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I'd love to have the ability to export files in their original directories even if it clutters them. Of course, it shouldn't be the default behaviour and I can live without it but I'd love these options. |
odeke-em
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Fixes #660. Allow exporting to same directory and level, instead of: a) Always dumping exports per exportable file in a sub-directory called `<filename>_exports`. This CL allows for users to request that their exports be put in the same directory with pull flag `--same-exports-dir`. If `--same-exports-dir` is set, it will place all exports in the same directory and level. * Exhibit A: ```shell drive pull --explicitly-export --exports-dir ~/Desktop/exp --export pdf,txt,odt --same-exports-dir Resolving... + /test-exports/few.docs + /test-exports/few + /test-exports/influx Addition count 3 Proceed with the changes? [Y/n]:y Exported '/Users/emmanuelodeke/emm.odeke@gmail.com/test-exports/influx' to '/Users/emmanuelodeke/Desktop/exp/influx.pdf' Exported '/Users/emmanuelodeke/emm.odeke@gmail.com/test-exports/influx' to '/Users/emmanuelodeke/Desktop/exp/influx.txt' Exported '/Users/emmanuelodeke/emm.odeke@gmail.com/test-exports/few' to '/Users/emmanuelodeke/Desktop/exp/few.pdf' Exported '/Users/emmanuelodeke/emm.odeke@gmail.com/test-exports/few.docs' to '/Users/emmanuelodeke/Desktop/exp/few.docs.txt' Exported '/Users/emmanuelodeke/emm.odeke@gmail.com/test-exports/few.docs' to '/Users/emmanuelodeke/Desktop/exp/few.docs.odt' Exported '/Users/emmanuelodeke/emm.odeke@gmail.com/test-exports/few.docs' to '/Users/emmanuelodeke/Desktop/exp/few.docs.pdf' ``` * Exhibit B (Original case, _exports suffixed dirs used): ```shell $ drive pull --explicitly-export --exports-dir ~/Desktop/exp --export pdf,txt,odt Resolving... + /test-exports/few.docs + /test-exports/few + /test-exports/influx Addition count 3 Proceed with the changes? [Y/n]:y Exported '/Users/emmanuelodeke/emm.odeke@gmail.com/test-exports/influx' to '/Users/emmanuelodeke/Desktop/exp/influx_exports/influx.pdf' Exported '/Users/emmanuelodeke/emm.odeke@gmail.com/test-exports/influx' to '/Users/emmanuelodeke/Desktop/exp/influx_exports/influx.txt' Exported '/Users/emmanuelodeke/emm.odeke@gmail.com/test-exports/few' to '/Users/emmanuelodeke/Desktop/exp/few_exports/few.pdf' Exported '/Users/emmanuelodeke/emm.odeke@gmail.com/test-exports/few.docs' to '/Users/emmanuelodeke/Desktop/exp/few.docs_exports/few.docs.odt' Exported '/Users/emmanuelodeke/emm.odeke@gmail.com/test-exports/few.docs' to '/Users/emmanuelodeke/Desktop/exp/few.docs_exports/few.docs.txt' Exported '/Users/emmanuelodeke/emm.odeke@gmail.com/test-exports/few.docs' to '/Users/emmanuelodeke/Desktop/exp/few.docs_exports/few.docs.pdf' ```
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@chevillet thanks for chiming in, actually would you mind filing a separate issue about skipping the creation of *.desktop files? |
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Hi @odeke-em! |
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No worries at all. I see you've created the issue, I am going to get started working on it as we speak 🙏🏾 |
I'm trying to pull and export some docs files to pdf (app 900) without make a lot of directories.
drive pull -force -export pdf -exports-dir /home/xxxxxx/gdrive/PDF/ -id xxxxxxxBut each export make his own folder into PDF.
How can i insert each exported file into only one directorie/folder?
I know my English is not perfect and I will really appreciate if you could give me a hand on this problem.
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