I recently exported a cloud drive to change storage providers. When I exported the drive, I had to download it in 25 GB parts. Directories (especially noticeable with large directories) were split across the parts.
I started with something like this:
/drive/file1
/drive/file2
/drive/file3
And now I have this:
/part-one/drive/file1
/part-two/drive/file2
/part-three/drive/file3
The structure is arbitrarily nested, so there are cases such as these:
/drive/project/archive/file1
/drive/project/file2
/drive/project/archive/settings/extra/file3
/drive/project/archive/settings/extra/file4
/drive/project/archive/settings/file5
Which became this:
/part-one/drive/project/archive/file1
/part-two/drive/project/file2
/part-two/drive/project/archive/settings/extra/file3
/part-two/drive/project/archive/settings/extra/file4
/part-three/drive/project/archive/settings/file5
If this were a path manipulation exercise, the solution would be trimming /part-x from the beginning of each file’s path. How can I restore the original structure of these directories and files?
The files exist on a unix server where I can manipulate them with basic command line tools over ssh. I can dowload the drive to a macOS or Ubuntu machine if I need to.
