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GTFreymann
9 months agoExplorer | Level 3
Dropbox on Debian 12. But it wants to sync all of my Dropbox files down to the debian box.
I successfully installed Dropbox on a headless Debian 12 VPS. I authorized it and it works.
I am hoping to be able to backup files on the debian machine to my Dropbox account, as I have lots o...
- 9 months ago
Once again: Your command will work only when your current working directory is the Dropbox folder! In such a way the folder name is path too. Otherwise no.
To work in all cases you may try something like:
~/dropbox.py exclude add ~/Dropbox/Apps
Good luck.
GTFreymann
Explorer | Level 3
Ok, so the folder "Apps" is on Dropbox.com and I don't want to sync it down on the Debian box. Will that syntax work?
Здравко
9 months agoLegendary | Level 20
Once again: Your command will work only when your current working directory is the Dropbox folder! In such a way the folder name is path too. Otherwise no.
To work in all cases you may try something like:
~/dropbox.py exclude add ~/Dropbox/Apps
Good luck.
- GTFreymann9 months agoExplorer | Level 3
Awh, I see 🙂
Ok, I'll give that a try. Thanks!
- GTFreymann9 months agoExplorer | Level 3
GTFreymann wrote:Awh, I see 🙂
Ok, I'll give that a try. Thanks!
~/dropbox.py exclude add ~/Dropbox/Apps
This works!
I started dropbox and then had to keep listing the ~/Dropbox folder in order to see what folders it was syncing, and then run the command on that Directory one by one as they appeared.
Great news! I hope this helps somebody in the future.
- Здравко9 months agoLegendary | Level 20
GTFreymann wrote:..., and then run the command on that Directory one by one as they appeared.
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One more thing: You don't need to run the command for every one folder. You may list more folders at the same time if you want. For instance you may execute something like:
~/dropbox.py exclude add ~/Dropbox/Apps ~/Dropbox/Documents
In such a way both Apps and Documents will be excluded. 😉
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