Rename while pulling the file OR Pull the file in different folder.

[AtivJoshi]

Is it possible to pull a file that is stored at folder1/file1 on the drive, and save the file in Downloads folder Downloads/file1 ( without creating the folder1)?

Basically, can I pull the files which are located in different folders of the drive to a single folder in my local machine without creating all the intermediate folders?

[odeke-em]

Hello @AtivJoshi, thank you for the question and welcome to drive!

No, there isn't such an option because it would be a bit awkward when syncing nested directories but also for all files that are pulled down, we need to know where they are located and store that in the stateful database so that we don't have to make more changes if anything changes. However, when pushing, you can do the reverse using drive push -m.

I see how this feature could be useful but unfortunately currently I don't have the bandwidth to work on this.