sienori
Any location or filename pattern for session files on Google Drive? Trying to find where the session backups are, but to no avail
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Hello folks,
So I am trying to find the session backups on Google Drive, but I have no success doing so. I would love to see where the files are, so I can copy them to another storage solution for redundancy.
I have Cloud Sync enabled, and manually firing Cloud Sync also show no errors, so I can assume that it works.
With Cloud Sync enabled and working, I also have the assumption that I can find the session backups on my Google Drive. Looking at the source code, there is an instance of uploadSession() function that accepts session.id as its fileId value. The uploadSession() function uses Google Drive API to upload files to Google Drive. It can be claimed that the files being uploaded are the session files.
Unfortunately, checking on my Google Drive, the session files do not show on the recently updated files or folders, so I can assume that the files do not exist. Still, I am willing to bet on trying out exact filename search.
Describe the solution you'd like Assistance on finding the session backups on Google Drive. Any filename pattern will be helpful.
Cheers!
Those files are hidden as part of the connected drive apps. You can check the drive settings and click connected Apps. So there are no files shown in the personal view
Those files are hidden as part of the connected drive apps. You can check the drive settings and click connected Apps. So there are no files shown in the personal view
Thank you @michaelarlt.
Upon checking, there is a section named "Hidden app data" under each connected app. The Tab Session Manager app has one and it shows the allocated space in MB.
If that is the case, then it seems like there is no feature to save session files as a separate Google Drive file yet.
I am willing to give it a try and make a pull request. The uploadSession() function is a good starter.
What do you think @sienori?
I've encountered the same thing. Currently cloud sync only works between two different PC's. I've noticed that if you over the amount of designated maximum auto saves/auto backups or if the extension has a cache overflow error both syncing and auto saving more than one session in the saved session list stops working. At that point the only solution is uninstalling the extension and reinstalling, but that causes loss of all the saved sessions that are not backed up to a local drive and the google drive sync with another PC gets permanently broken. I've had issues getting the sync to restart. Getting a hard copy file uploaded to Google Drive would be nice as a contingency plan.
