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Kim Nilsson, … Ross Scroggs18

3/10/23

Move folder from one Shared Drive to another SD in another domain

What is 6.4x? On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 2:34 PM Joshua Feld <jf...@lafsd.org> wrote: Thank you

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Move folder from one Shared Drive to another SD in another domain

What is 6.4x? On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 2:34 PM Joshua Feld <jf...@lafsd.org> wrote: Thank you

3/10/23

Shawn W., Ross Scroggs6

5/28/20

Course copyfrom

Shawn, See: https://github.com/taers232c/GAMADV-XTD3/wiki/GAM-Updates Ross On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 7:

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Course copyfrom

Shawn, See: https://github.com/taers232c/GAMADV-XTD3/wiki/GAM-Updates Ross On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 7:

5/28/20

Austin Showalter, Ross Scroggs4

3/16/20

List All Shared (Team) drives within organization only

Austin, Advanced GAM can be used to replace Standard GAM or can run in parallel. It uses the same

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List All Shared (Team) drives within organization only

Austin, Advanced GAM can be used to replace Standard GAM or can run in parallel. It uses the same

3/16/20

Andy Smith, … +KimNilsson3

6/23/19

Help with adding a single user or group to multiple Shared Drives at once

I think you can skip the initial user reference, as admin should be able to manage Shared Drives (

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Help with adding a single user or group to multiple Shared Drives at once

I think you can skip the initial user reference, as admin should be able to manage Shared Drives (

6/23/19

Ross Scroggs, Steve - DynTech3

6/14/19

Re: [GAM] Owner of a Deleted file

You will need gamadv-xtd3 for that command On Friday, 14 June 2019 04:04:21 UTC-5, KS wrote: Hello

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Re: [GAM] Owner of a Deleted file

You will need gamadv-xtd3 for that command On Friday, 14 June 2019 04:04:21 UTC-5, KS wrote: Hello

6/14/19

Kevin Sanghvi, Ross Scroggs6

5/30/19

Drive file ACL's along with Sub folders

Kevin, There is no simple way to achieve this with standard GAM (4.70, 4.85) you'll have to

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Drive file ACL's along with Sub folders

Kevin, There is no simple way to achieve this with standard GAM (4.70, 4.85) you'll have to

5/30/19

Brian, Steve - DynTech5

5/9/19

User / claim ownership performance

Brilliant, thank you! I had seen that part of the wiki a while ago when I was still exploring options

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User / claim ownership performance

Brilliant, thank you! I had seen that part of the wiki a while ago when I was still exploring options

5/9/19

Thomas, Ross Scroggs5

2/18/19

"showownedby others" returns gam.py errors

Thomas, Fixed, see: https://github.com/taers232c/GAMADV-X/wiki/GAM-Updates Ross -- ross.scroggs@gmail

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"showownedby others" returns gam.py errors

Thomas, Fixed, see: https://github.com/taers232c/GAMADV-X/wiki/GAM-Updates Ross -- ross.scroggs@gmail

2/18/19

Flávio Rafael Travassos

2/13/19

is it possible to copy all drive files from one user to another?

I'm trying to make a copy of the google drive files from a user of my school to another google

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is it possible to copy all drive files from one user to another?

I'm trying to make a copy of the google drive files from a user of my school to another google

2/13/19

Joe Thompson, Ross Scroggs3

10/24/18

Mass Transfer G Drive from .csv to single account

Worked like a charm. Thanks! On Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 5:06:07 PM UTC-4, Ross Scroggs wrote:

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Mass Transfer G Drive from .csv to single account

Worked like a charm. Thanks! On Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 5:06:07 PM UTC-4, Ross Scroggs wrote:

10/24/18

Bert Smith, +KimNilsson2

5/9/18

Add Google Drive Addon to OU

I'm fairly sure there's no such API, and then GAM can't do anything.

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Add Google Drive Addon to OU

I'm fairly sure there's no such API, and then GAM can't do anything.

5/9/18

Peter Smulders, … Kim Nilsson6

1/15/18

Speeding up transfer of file ownership?

Yeah, separate threads for separate content is probably always a good idea. Maybe even using separate

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Speeding up transfer of file ownership?

Yeah, separate threads for separate content is probably always a good idea. Maybe even using separate

1/15/18

jensm, Ross Scroggs3

11/14/17

print list of files that are "shared" to determine if a user has shared files or not

thanks Ross On Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 3:22:05 PM UTC+1, Ross Scroggs wrote: There is no query

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print list of files that are "shared" to determine if a user has shared files or not

thanks Ross On Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 3:22:05 PM UTC+1, Ross Scroggs wrote: There is no query

11/14/17

Robert Caretta, … Ross Scroggs5

11/3/17

Managing Files on Team Drives

Robert/Kim, GAMADVX-TD is GAMADV-X with full Team Drive support and it uses Drive REST v3. See: https

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Managing Files on Team Drives

Robert/Kim, GAMADVX-TD is GAMADV-X with full Team Drive support and it uses Drive REST v3. See: https

11/3/17

Maurizio Caurio, Ross Scroggs3

10/19/17

See all files shared outside the domain

Hi Ross, thank you so much! I will try it!! Maurizio Il giorno martedì 17 ottobre 2017 15:06:34 UTC+2

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See all files shared outside the domain

Hi Ross, thank you so much! I will try it!! Maurizio Il giorno martedì 17 ottobre 2017 15:06:34 UTC+2

10/19/17

Stephen Timms, … Chris Deaton15

2/4/20

Can you search for orphaned team drives?

Fair enough - poor choice of words. Tedious... if not painful. :) On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 5:57 AM Kim

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Can you search for orphaned team drives?

Fair enough - poor choice of words. Tedious... if not painful. :) On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 5:57 AM Kim

2/4/20

Caleb Spring, … Grant D14

8/22/17

Help with the filelist command

Hi Ross, Thanks, I think that got us exactly what we were looking for. Thanks, Grant On Thursday,

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Help with the filelist command

Hi Ross, Thanks, I think that got us exactly what we were looking for. Thanks, Grant On Thursday,

8/22/17

9/6/16

How to find the root parent folder of a file

I need to find the root parent folder of a file. I figured out how to find the parent folder id of

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How to find the root parent folder of a file

I need to find the root parent folder of a file. I figured out how to find the parent folder id of

9/6/16

8/4/16

GAM with Drive: Move all contents of a folder

Hi all, I work at a school where we've just finished our first year of using Classroom

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GAM with Drive: Move all contents of a folder

Hi all, I work at a school where we've just finished our first year of using Classroom

8/4/16

Jeffrey Serrell, … Kendrick Chan13

6/30/16

gam create datatransfer not working

Kendrick and Ross, It appears that Google has fixed the issue. gam print transferapps transferParams:

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gam create datatransfer not working

Kendrick and Ross, It appears that Google has fixed the issue. gam print transferapps transferParams:

6/30/16

Danish Momin, Ross Scroggs7

12/16/16

Print all datatransfer ERROR: no such user <built-in function id>

Hi Ross, This is working now. On Thursday, 15 December 2016 21:16:16 UTC+5:30, Ross Scroggs wrote:

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Print all datatransfer ERROR: no such user <built-in function id>

Hi Ross, This is working now. On Thursday, 15 December 2016 21:16:16 UTC+5:30, Ross Scroggs wrote:

12/16/16

Kevin Sanghvi, … Ross Scroggs13

1/2/17

Google Drive permissions

Kevin, Does man...@domain.com allow anyone to access any of its files? If not, then this can be

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Google Drive permissions

Kevin, Does man...@domain.com allow anyone to access any of its files? If not, then this can be

1/2/17

Marcelo Iturbe, … Danish Momin3

6/22/16

Does Data-Transfers in Drive create directory?

Yes Same happens through GAM also. On Wednesday, 23 March 2016 02:40:03 UTC+5:30, Marcelo Iturbe

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Does Data-Transfers in Drive create directory?

Yes Same happens through GAM also. On Wednesday, 23 March 2016 02:40:03 UTC+5:30, Marcelo Iturbe

6/22/16

Manuel Serrenti, … rahul2869

7/13/16

List of drive files/folders under specific folder owned by a user

@Manuel I came here looking for similar solution. Do you have any working script to share? Ideally, I

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List of drive files/folders under specific folder owned by a user

@Manuel I came here looking for similar solution. Do you have any working script to share? Ideally, I

7/13/16

Thomas Burford, … Sebastian Brockmann3

8/11/16

Add Permissions on Google Drive - Error 400: Invalid permission value - invalid

Hey just a quick question : how do i get the file id and the permission id of a file that i do not

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Add Permissions on Google Drive - Error 400: Invalid permission value - invalid

Hey just a quick question : how do i get the file id and the permission id of a file that i do not

8/11/16

3/16/15

Get parentid from a file or folder

Is it possible to get the parents (list of parentids) from a file or folder using GAM?

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Get parentid from a file or folder

Is it possible to get the parents (list of parentids) from a file or folder using GAM?

3/16/15

2/17/15

Hey guys, New to GAM. Does it work with Drive? I am trying to find a resource that will let me

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Hey guys, New to GAM. Does it work with Drive? I am trying to find a resource that will let me

2/17/15

Daniel Ajoy, Ben Harris2

2/25/15

KeyError: u'client_email'

Same issue here, using Linux. .......................................................................

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KeyError: u'client_email'

Same issue here, using Linux. .......................................................................

2/25/15

Gustavo Aristi, +KimNilsson2

1/2/15

Bulk export Drive Files of multiple users to independent folders

I think that isn't possible. Unfortunately, I believe such a download can't create folders.

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Bulk export Drive Files of multiple users to independent folders

I think that isn't possible. Unfortunately, I believe such a download can't create folders.

1/2/15

Scott W, … Simon Cheng4

3/16/15

Ability to add objects to a user's "My Drive"?

Yes, it is possible. Use the following command: gam.exe group <GroupToReceiveSharedFolder>

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Ability to add objects to a user's "My Drive"?

Yes, it is possible. Use the following command: gam.exe group <GroupToReceiveSharedFolder>

3/16/15

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