使用GNU Octave从Google驱动器中获取文件

Question

Here's a link to a shared file:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B84DlMErV9QYSFVYbEluMXQ4VlE

How can the rar file behind be fetched and stored locally with GNU Octave commands? urlwrite() would not make it, as it downloads an html file. ftp connections are not allowed in Google drive.

Answer 1

Use Google Drive Direct Link Generator and then urlwrite:

urlwrite ("https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B84DlMErV9QYSFVYbEluMXQ4VlE", "foobar.rar")

Or use regexprep to change the URL (the format should be obvious)

See also SO question howto use google drive because this is question is mostly howto get a direct link and not really Octave related.