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Control selective sync programmatically
Hello,
I'm looking for a way to control selective sync programmatically? There's a certain folder I want to sync, for example, in certain hours of the day. With a cron job, I could instruct select...
I think you might be able to do this via the Dropbox Core API.
The trick would be to not sync the folder via the desktop client (by unselecting it using selective sync). Then, with your cron job, maybe check if any files need to be updated and use the /files_put method to update any changed files.
Does that sound like what you're looking for?
Leah C.1 wrote:I think you might be able to do this via the Dropbox Core API.
The trick would be to not sync the folder via the desktop client (by unselecting it using selective sync). Then, with your cron job, maybe check if any files need to be updated and use the /files_put method to update any changed files.
Does that sound like what you're looking for?
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