Ubuntu – How to upload a file to google drive

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I would like to just upload files to google drive from the command line. I don't care about synchronisation. I just want to upload things to google drive and if they exist they get replaced if not they are created.

I know grive exists but that syncs everything from google drive to the folder you use which isn't what I want.

I was wondering if there is a solution to this, through scp or something similar?

thanks

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send the file to your gmail account as attachment and from there you can save it to google drive directly.

uuencode file.txt file.txt | mail your_email@gmail.com

I know this is not direct to gdrive, but as there is no other options available I use this easy approach.

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Install google photos auto backup on Windows machine (may be a virtual PC or an ordinary PC)
Start > Run > regedit
go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Picasa\Picasa2\Preferences

Then on Menu > registry > export registry file. It should look something like this:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Picasa\Picasa2\Preferences]
"GoogleOAuth"=hex:xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,\      xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx,xx
"GoogleOAuthEmail"="youremail@gmail.com"
"GoogleOAuthServices"="mail,lh2,cp,cp.manager,mailrelay,plus.stream.write,    plus.circles.read,plus.profiles.read,plus.me,plus.media.upload,plus.media.    readonly,plus.settings,youtube,"
"GoogleOAuthVersion"=dword:00000005

Install playOnLinux. Go to configure, create a new 32-bit Windows virtual drive, call it GooglePhotosBackup. Select the new virtual drive. In wine tab > task manager > new task, select the gpautobackup_setup.exe file you've downloaded from google and install google auto backup.
Select the new virtual drive again > registry editor , then on menu > registry > import registry file > import the registry file you created earlier.
General tab > make a new shortcut from this virtual drive button and select google photos backup.exe.

Finally, run the application and you should be logged in!

Ubuntu – How to set up Google Drive (grive) in Ubuntu 15.10

You need to install it again, it happened to me too. Follow the steps on webupd8 about installing, giving permission and syncing:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install grive

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