

When you try to delete origin or “strangely copied” file – in both cases, file in another location will also disappear! Be careful of this! I do not understand how google drive developers could design this non standard not expected behavior for such simple operation as copying file. So what is it? Surely nothing standard or expected. – it is not known “hardlink” (because deletion of hardlinked file means that file(s) in another location(s) is not deleted until count of hardlinks is zero). – it is not known “symlink” (because deletion of symlink deletes just symlink, not original file)
#Google drive url shortcut plus#
Plus icon in most used operating system in the world Windows means that file will be really copied, but what does google… it creates something strange – you can see file in the two different locations, but file is not really duplicated and also: But when during drag&drop you press CTRL you can see “plus icon” which means file will be copied instead of moved. In you can drog&drop file from one folder to another – it is ok – it moves file as user expects. You are wrong – it is not symlink (see below). Not populated for items in shared drives.“Alternatively, it looks like Drive is using symbolic links of Unix to implement this feature.” Whether writers can share the document with other users. Warning: This item is deprecated.Deprecated: use capabilities/canEdit. Name of the last user to modify this file. Not populated for items in shared drives. The number of quota bytes used by this file. This is only available for files with binary content in Google Drive. The original filename of the uploaded content if available, or else the original value of the title field.

Links for exporting Docs Editors files to specific formats.
#Google drive url shortcut update#
Update requests can also use the addParents and removeParents parameters to modify the parents list. If not specified as part of a copy request, the file will inherit any discoverable parents of the source file. If not specified as part of an insert request, the file will be placed directly in the user's My Drive folder. Time at which this file was shared with the user (formatted RFC 3339 timestamp).Ĭollection of parent folders which contain this file. Whether this file has been viewed by this user. Warning: This item is deprecated.Deprecated - use copyRequiresWriterPermission instead. This field is populated for files with content stored in Google Drive and for files in Docs Editors it isn't populated for shortcut files.Ī link for opening the file in a relevant Google editor or viewer. This field is only populated for files with content stored in Google Drive it isn't populated for Docs Editors or shortcut files.

This field is only populated for files with content stored in Google Drive it isn't populated for Docs Editors or shortcut files.Īn MD5 checksum for the content of this file. The final component of fullFileExtension with trailing text that does not appear to be part of the extension removed. The permissions for the authenticated user on this file. For more information, see Manage file metadata. Indexable text attributes for the file (can only be written). Note that setting modifiedDate will also update the modifiedByMe date for the user which set the date. Last time this file was modified by the user (formatted RFC 3339 timestamp). Create a shortcut To create a shortcut, set the MIME type to application/, set the targetId to the file or folder the shortcut should link to, and call Files.create to. This is only mutable on update when the setModifiedDate parameter is set. Last time this file was modified by anyone (formatted RFC 3339 timestamp). All users with access can copy, download, export, and share the file.Ĭreate time for this file (formatted RFC 3339 timestamp). However, all users with access to the file can see the trashed item metadata in an API response. The trashed item is excluded from all files.list responses returned for any user who does not own the file. Whether the file has been trashed, either explicitly or from a trashed parent folder. Warning: This item is deprecated.Deprecated. Whether this file is starred by the user. This field can be left blank, and the mimetype will be determined from the uploaded content's MIME type. This is only mutable on update when uploading new content. Note that for immutable items such as the top level folders of shared drives, My Drive root folder, and Application Data folder the title is constant. "canMoveChildrenWithinTeamDrive": boolean, "canMoveChildrenOutOfTeamDrive": boolean, "canChangeSecurityUpdateEnabled": boolean, "canChangeCopyRequiresWriterPermission": boolean,

For a list of methods for this resource, see the end of this page.
