Is it possible to directly copy from a shared gdrive link to my gdrive?

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For example, I have a shared link like this:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FNQqadPB172XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX?usp=sharing

I know I can open this link in my browser, and the shared content will be add to my gdrive under "Shared with me".
Then i can copy from this "shared with me" to my google drive using this command:

rclone copy --drive-shared-with-me GoogleDrive:/Shared_Folder_name GoogleDrive:/Path/To/Own/Drive

I am wondering is there anyway that I can copy directly from the shared link to my google drive? Maybe some magic --command like this:

rclone copy https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FNQqadPB172XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX?usp=sharing  GD:/Path/To/Folder

I don't want to open the browser everytime i want to copy from the shared link, any advice on this?

rclone v1.57.0

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Using something like

rclone lsf GoogleDrive,root_folder_id=1FNQqadPB172XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:

should do it.

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no need to be done in config?

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That is equivalent to putting root_folder_id = 1FNQqadPB172XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX in your config so you can do that if you prefer. You can also make an alias using that as the remote.

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im trying doing this but seem not working,can u point out how to this on command?do it in config not really practical

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I have tried this flag, and it work. Thanks for helping!

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In case anyone looking for a more specific answer:
If u have a sharing link like this: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FNQqadPB172XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX?usp=sharing

the shared folder id would be: 1FNQqadPB172XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

then, you can copy this folder to your drive by this command:

rclone copy GD,root_folder_id=1FNQqadPB172XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX: GD:/tmp/

where, "GD" is your rclone cloud driver name in your config.
And, if u want, u can add this flag to make a server side copy:

rclone copy GD,root_folder_id=1FNQqadPB172XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX: GD:/tmp/ --drive-server-side-across-configs

Finally, u can find a copy of the shared folder at your google drive under path: /tmp/

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Make sure your rclone is the latest version, i have tried to run this command on version 1.50.XX, and get this error

Failed to create file system for "GD,root_folder_id=1CdnAqP_ReCnTnbv1LnvXXXXXXXXX:": config name contains invalid characters - may only contain 0-9, A-Z ,a-z ,_ , - and space

but in the latest version, v1.58.1, this command works perfect. So please check your rclone version first.

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anywhere i can find this command documentation?i cant find about it

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--- for connection strings, https://rclone.org/docs/#connection-strings

--- connection string syntax is tricky, so need to post the exact command and full debug output, like so

rclone lsd gdrive,root_folder_id=redacted: -vv
DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.58.0" starting with parameters ["rclone" "lsd" "gdrive,root_folder_id='redacted':" "-vv"]
DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "gdrive,root_folder_id='redacted':"
DEBUG : gdrive: detected overridden config - adding "{3IOt6}" suffix to name
DEBUG : fs cache: renaming cache item "gdrive,root_folder_id='redacted':" to be canonical "gdrive{3IOt6}:"
          -1 2021-09-09 19:36:45        -1 crypt
          -1 2022-01-12 13:38:48        -1 zork
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