v 1.2
A command line utility that synchronizes your Google Drive files with a local folder on your machine. Downloads new remote files, uploads new local files to your Drive and deletes or updates files both locally and on Drive if they have changed in one place.
Works as a replacement for the Google Drive client for Windows and Mac
There are two ways to install this software. Downloading the source and using your own Ruby installation or downloading the pre-packaged version including Ruby
You need Ruby version 2.x . I tested and developed this software with 2.3.0 and 2.1.2
git clone [email protected]:MStadlmeier/drivesync.git
cd drivesync
bundle install
You can then run DriveSync with ruby drivesync.rb
Download the bundled package here (Linux x86_64 package)
Extract it with tar -xzf drivesync-linux-x86_64-v_1.2.tar.gz
CD into the newly created folder
You can then run DriveSync with ./drivesync
There is a config.yml file containing all the software's settings. Depending on how you installed DriveSync you will find it either in /config.yml or /lib/app/config.yml The settings are explained in the config file. For now, the most important option is the location for the drive folder on your local system. Set it to where you would like your local drive to be.
Ideally, you shouldn't have to sync your Drive manually, so let's run DriveSync periodically as a Cronjob. To do this, edit your crontab with crontab -e and add a Cronjob.
If you are using your own Ruby installation:
*/1 * * * * ruby /path/to/drivesync/drivesync.rb
If you use rvm to manage your Ruby installations, you may need to run rvm cron setup before you can use ruby in Cronjobs
If you used the bundled package:
*/1 * * * * /path/to/drivesync/drivesync
This will attempt to run DriveSync every minute. If DriveSync is started, but a sync is already in progress then the program will terminate and let the sync finish. You can also redirect the software's output into a log file so you can keep track of what is being synced or any errors that might occur: path/to/drivesync/drivesync.rb > /tmp/drivesync.log
Personally, I wouldn't advise automatically syncing "large" (anything in the several hundred MB range) files between platforms with this or any other software. By default, DriveSync will ignore any file above 512 MB but this can be changed in the config file. If you do this, you may have to increase the timeout threshold which can also be done in the config file.
Neither I nor this software are in any way affiliated with Google. Although I tested this software very thoroughly and have been using it myself for over a year without any loss of data, you agree to use DriveSync at your own risk and I am not responsible for any damages that may occur.