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I have Ubuntu 14.04 and I would like to know how to change Grive's default folder location?

So far I know that when I create grive via terminal you can tell it which folder with the following instruction :

cd /your-folder/grive -a

But what I don't know is how to setup grive's interface with this exact folder location.

Any help will be greatly appresiated.

pinoyyid
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vashzero
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If you type 'grive -h' it will show some help.

The command you want is: grive -p /your-folder/grive -a

kurdtpage
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After you have set up your sync with grive-tools, just copy your Goolge Folder to the new desired location and then edit the grive indicator as follows:

sudo nano /opt/grive-tools/grive-indicator

Scroll all the way down until you find the "# Main Env Vars" section and change the googleDriveFolder path. The default is:

googleDriveFolder = os.path.join(userHome,googleDrive)

If you want to put the Google Drive folder under the Public folder you can do this:

googleDriveFolder = os.path.join(userHome,'Public',googleDrive)

You may also just use an absolute path like this:

googleDriveFolder ='/usr/share/locale'

For more information on how to use the os.path.join function, read here:https://docs.python.org/2/library/os.path.html

Dimitrios Charalampidis
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I got an answer:

Instead of using grive I used Insync.

There you can change easily the directory for the sync folder, sync more than one accounts and in my humble opinion its a better service.

PS: It also works for linux.

More info at: www.insynchq.com

Thanks,

vashzero
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