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admin d.5
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8 years ago

Windows Status from command line (or API)

Is there a way that a windows command line command (or a local app) can get the current status of the dropbox sync? I've installed the dbxcli application, but that doesn't offer it (it has its own c...
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Rich
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There's no command line option that I'm aware of, and the API doesn't interact with the Dropbox client.

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Greg-DB
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8 years ago
Rich is correct, there isn't a programmatic interface for checking the desktop client like this, but I'll be sure to pass this along as a feature request.

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