Downloads from Google Docs — download

Download edited version of a file from Google Drive updating the local version with the new changes.

Use with caution as local version of the file will be overwritten!

To know more about trackdown workflow and features see trackdown-package() help page.

Usage

download_file(
  file,
  gfile = NULL,
  gpath = "trackdown",
  shared_drive = NULL,
  rm_gcomments = FALSE,
  force = FALSE
)

Arguments

file: character. The path of a local .Rmd, Quarto, or .Rnw file.
gfile: character. The name of a Google Drive file (defaults to local file name).
gpath: character. (Sub)directory in My Drive or a shared drive (optional). By default files are uploaded in the folder "trackdown". To specify another folder the full path is required (e.g., "trackdown/my_folder"). Use NULL to upload directly at the root level, although it is not recommended.
shared_drive: character. The name of a Google Drive shared drive (optional).
rm_gcomments: logical value indicating whether or not to remove Google comments.
force: logical value indicating whether to skip confirm check by user (default is FALSE).

Value

TRUE if file from Google Drive was saved, FALSE otherwise.