Can't un-exclude directories with `dropbox.py exclude remove <directory>` on Ubuntu 20.04.2

For both exclude commands (add, remove) you must be in the Dropbox directory. 

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caconym wrote:

I have a Linux machine (running Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS, "Focal Fossa") upon which I am running a "headless" Dropbox daemon as per here: https://www.dropbox.com/install-linux

 

The Dropbox daemon is up to date:

 

```

$ dropbox.py version
Dropbox daemon version: 125.4.3474
Dropbox command-line interface version: 2020.03.04

```

 

This machine is truly "headless", so I am doing everything on the command line. Installation of the daemon and initial sync seemed to work fine, though autostart isn't working for me.

 

I've found that I can exclude directories with `dropbox.py exclude add <directory>` just fine. When I run that command for a directory in my Dropbox, the directory briefly appears in the list output from `dropbox.py exclude`. However, once the directory is actually deleted from the local Dropbox directory, it disappears from the list too. For example, I do have a bunch of directories excluded, and they are not present in the local Dropbox directory. However, the tool incorrectly reports no excluded directories:

 

```

$ dropbox.py exclude
No directories are being ignored.

```

 

This is fine, if a bit weird, but the problem is that I can't add excluded directories back (un-exclude them?) with `dropbox.py exclude remove <directory>`. That command outputs nothing and has no effect.

 

Why not? How can I get this to work? It seems totally broken right now.

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cd ~/Dropbox

python ~/bin/dropbox.py exclude remove "Camera Uploads"

This will start downloading the Camera Uploads directory that was previously excluded.