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drive: follow shortcuts by default, skip with --drive-skip-shortcuts
Before this change rclone would skip all shortcuts with a message
Ignoring unknown document type "application/vnd.google-apps.shortcut"
After this message rclone resolves the shortcuts by default to the
actual files that they point to. See the docs for more info.
The --drive-skip-shortcuts flag can be used to skip shortcuts.
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@@ -382,6 +382,46 @@ files. If deleting them permanently is required then use the
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`--drive-use-trash=false` flag, or set the equivalent environment
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variable.
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### Shortcuts ###
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In March 2020 Google introduced a new feature in Google Drive called
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[drive shortcuts](https://support.google.com/drive/answer/9700156)
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([API](https://developers.google.com/drive/api/v3/shortcuts)). These
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will (by September 2020) [replace the ability for files or folders to
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be in multiple folders at once](https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/g-suite/simplifying-google-drives-folder-structure-and-sharing-models).
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Shortcuts are files that link to other files on Google Drive somewhat
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like a symlink in unix, except they point to the underlying file data
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(eg the inode in unix terms) so they don't break if the source is
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renamed or moved about.
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Be default rclone treats these as follows.
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For shortcuts pointing to files:
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- When listing a file shortcut appears as the destination file.
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- When downloading the contents of the destination file is downloaded.
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- When updating shortcut file with a non shortcut file, the shortcut is removed then a new file is uploaded in place of the shortcut.
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- When server side moving (renaming) the shortcut is renamed, not the destination file.
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- When server side copying the shortcut is copied, not the contents of the shortcut.
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- When deleting the shortcut is deleted not the linked file.
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- When setting the modification time, the modification time of the linked file will be set.
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For shortcuts pointing to folders:
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- When listing the shortcut appears as a folder and that folder will contain the contents of the linked folder appear (including any sub folders)
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- When downloading the contents of the linked folder and sub contents are downloaded
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- When uploading to a shortcut folder the file will be placed in the linked folder
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- When server side moving (renaming) the shortcut is renamed, not the destination folder
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- When server side copying the contents of the linked folder is copied, not the shortcut.
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- When deleting with `rclone rmdir` or `rclone purge` the shortcut is deleted not the linked folder.
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- **NB** When deleting with `rclone remove` or `rclone mount` the contents of the linked folder will be deleted.
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It isn't currently possible to create shortcuts with rclone.
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Shortcuts can be completely ignored with the `--drive-skip-shortcuts` flag
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or the corresponding `skip_shortcuts` configuration setting.
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### Emptying trash ###
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If you wish to empty your trash you can use the `rclone cleanup remote:`
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@@ -935,6 +975,20 @@ See: https://github.com/rclone/rclone/issues/3857
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- Type: bool
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- Default: false
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#### --drive-skip-shortcuts
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If set skip shortcut files
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Normally rclone dereferences shortcut files making them appear as if
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they are the original file (see [the shortcuts section](#shortcuts)).
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If this flag is set then rclone will ignore shortcut files completely.
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- Config: skip_shortcuts
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- Env Var: RCLONE_DRIVE_SKIP_SHORTCUTS
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- Type: bool
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- Default: false
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#### --drive-encoding
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This sets the encoding for the backend.
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