Gam script to create folders on team drive

[Rejaine Silveira Monteiro]

Hi,

I created a team drive called TEAM1 and now I need to create a structure as follows:

FOLDER1
         A
         B
         C

FOLDER2
         A
         B
         C

FOLDER3
        .... SAME ABOVE UNTIL FOLDER40

I can create this structure using GAM ?

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[Ross Scroggs]

Rejaine,

This solution requires Advanced GAM.

Make a CSV file (TopFolders.csv) with one column: name

name

FOLDER1

FOLDER2

...

FOLDER40

Build top level folders

gam redirect stdout ./CreateTopFolders.txt multiprocess redirect stderr stdout csv TopFolders.csv gam user orga...@domain.com create drivefile drivefilename "~name" mimetype gfolder teamdriveparentid <PutTeamDriveIDHere>

Build second level folders

gam redirect stdout ./CreateSubFoldersA.txt multiprocess redirect stderr stdout csv TopFolders.csv gam user orga...@domain.com create drivefile drivefilename "A" mimetype gfolder teamdriveparentid <PutTeamDriveIDHere> teamdriveparentname "~name"

gam redirect stdout ./CreateSubFoldersB.txt multiprocess redirect stderr stdout csv TopFolders.csv gam user orga...@domain.com create drivefile drivefilename "B" mimetype gfolder teamdriveparentid <PutTeamDriveIDHere> teamdriveparentname "~name"

gam redirect stdout ./CreateSubFoldersC.txt multiprocess redirect stderr stdout csv TopFolders.csv gam user orga...@domain.com create drivefile drivefilename "C" mimetype gfolder teamdriveparentid <PutTeamDriveIDHere> teamdriveparentname "~name"

Ross

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[Rejaine Silveira Monteiro]

Leave it, I found out here how to do it...

   gam user <user@mail> create drivefile drivefilename "FOLDERN" mimetype gfolder parentid <DRIVETEID>

Just create a script to use the command and everything was fine.

[Peter Smulders]

I would like to add to the archive the remark that if you need to create folders in a very structured way, like in this example, it takes only a very small bit of looping in a script, rather than having to create a CSV by hand:

for A in {1..40}; do

  gam user us...@yourdomain.com create drivefile drivefilename "FOLDER${A}" mimetype gfolder teamdriveparentid <PutTeamDriveIDHere>

  for SUB in A B C; do

    gam us...@yourdomain.com create drivefile drivefilename "${SUB}" mimetype gfolder teamdriveparentid <PutTeamDriveIDHere> teamdriveparentname "FOLDER${A}"

  done

done

Now with the need for speed:

for A in {1..40}; do

  echo gam user us...@yourdomain.com create drivefile drivefilename "FOLDER${A}" mimetype gfolder teamdriveparentid <PutTeamDriveIDHere>

done | gam batch -

for A in {1..40}; do

  for SUB in A B C; do

    echo gam us...@yourdomain.com create drivefile drivefilename "${SUB}" mimetype gfolder teamdriveparentid <PutTeamDriveIDHere> teamdriveparentname "FOLDER${A}"

  done | gam batch -

done

If you are batching, do not mix or parallel run the loops, because the subfolders depend on the outer folders to exist first.

Turn up your num_threads to 25 or 30 and let 'er rip!

hth -- Peter

[Bryan Clarke]

Hello, I know this is old but I keep coming across this as a method to solve what I need. I have an existing team drive with existing folder. I need to create 75 additional folders inside the existing shared folder on the team drive. I have created a TopFolders.csv and input my user and the folder id in the below line:

gam redirect stdout ./CreateTopFolders.txt multiprocess redirect stderr stdout csv TopFolders.csv gam user orga...@domain.com create drivefile drivefilename "~name" mimetype gfolder teamdriveparentid <PutTeamDriveIDHere>

this does not create the folders as expected. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Can I get an assist, please?

[Ross Scroggs]

Bryan,

I replied to your earlier message asking you to send me A Meet/Zoom invitation but never heard from you; let's try again.

Send a Meet/Zoom request to ross.scroggs @ gmail.com

Ross

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