drive_mv: Move a Drive file

Description

Move a Drive file to a different folder, give it a different name, or both. Note that folders on Google Drive are not like folders on your local filesystem. They are more like a label, which implies that a Drive file can have multiple folders as direct parent! However, most people still use and think of them like "regular" folders. When we say "move a Drive file", it actually means: "add a new folder to this file's parents and remove the old one".

Usage

drive_mv(file, path = NULL, name = NULL, verbose = TRUE)

Arguments

file

Something that identifies the file of interest on your Google Drive. Can be a name or path, a file id or URL marked with as_id(), or a dribble.

path

Specifies target destination for the new file on Google Drive. Can be an actual path (character), a file id marked with as_id(), or a dribble. If specified as an actual path, it is best to explicitly indicate if it's a folder by including a trailing slash, since it cannot always be worked out from the context of the call. Defaults to current name.

name

Character, new file name if not specified as part of path. This will force path to be treated as a folder, even if it is character and lacks a trailing slash. Defaults to current name.

verbose

Logical, indicating whether to print informative messages (default TRUE).

Value

An object of class dribble, a tibble with one row per item.

Examples

Run this code

# NOT RUN {
## create a file to move
file <- drive_upload(drive_example("chicken.txt"), "chicken-mv.txt")

## rename it, but leave in current folder (root folder, in this case)
file <- drive_mv(file, "chicken-mv-renamed.txt")

## create a folder to move the file into
folder <- drive_mkdir("mv-folder")

## move the file and rename it again,
## specify destination as a dribble
file <- drive_mv(file, path = folder, name = "chicken-mv-re-renamed.txt")

## verify renamed file is now in the folder
drive_ls(folder)

## move the file back to root folder
file <- drive_mv(file, "~/")

## move it again
## specify destination as path with trailing slash
## to ensure we get a move vs. renaming it to "mv-folder"
file <- drive_mv(file, "mv-folder/")

## Clean up
drive_rm(file, folder)
# }

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