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Igal Tabachnik's avatar
Igal Tabachnik
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

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...
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philip-lf's avatar
philip-lf
Explorer | Level 4

Hey Greg, any update on a selective sync API or dropbox ignore file? thanks

Greg-DB's avatar
Greg-DB
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7 years ago
No, I don't have an update on this.
  • blizzrdof77's avatar
    blizzrdof77
    Helpful | Level 6
    6 years ago

    This would be extremely useful. Any progress Greg-DB?

    • Greg-DB's avatar
      Greg-DB
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      6 years ago

      blizzrdof77 No, unfortunately I don't have any news on this request.

      • mm_POC's avatar
        mm_POC
        Explorer | Level 4
        6 years ago

        Does Dropbox not see the need for this ? This seems like a somewhat basic request for something to control with an API...why is this a multi year request with many articles, requests and workarounds? 

        Seems like most of us are needing to work around "node_modules" or other dev temp files...

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