rdrop2 (version 0.6)

drop_get: Downloads a file from Dropbox

Description

Downloads a file from Dropbox

Usage

drop_get(path = NULL, local_file = NULL, rev = NULL, overwrite = FALSE,
  verbose = FALSE, dtoken = get_dropbox_token())

Arguments

path

This is required The path to the new folder to create relative to root.

local_file

The name of the local copy. Leave this blank if you're fine with the original name.

rev

The revision of the file to retrieve. This defaults to the most recent revision.

overwrite

Default is FALSE but can be set to TRUE.

verbose

By default verbose output is FALSE. Set to TRUE if you need to troubleshoot any output or grab additional parameters.

dtoken

The Dropbox token generated by drop_auth. rdrop2 will try to automatically locate your local credential cache and use them. However, if the credentials are not found, the function will initiate a new auth

Examples

drop_get(path = 'karthik_small.png', dest = "~/Desktop")
# To overwrite the existing file
 drop_get(path = 'karthik_small.png', overwrite = TRUE)