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dropbox filestatus unwatched for all files in Dropbox directory
Ubuntu 19.10 Dropbox daemon version: 93.4.273 Dropbox command-line interface version: 2020.03.04
Dropbox is keeping up to date -- up and down. But file status reports as unwatched
$ /home/stephen/Dropbox: dropbox filestatus .dropbox: unwatched .dropbox.cache: unwatched .metadata: unwatched 20190904_173012.jpg: unwatched 20190904_173020.jpg: unwatched 20190904_173025.jpg: unwatched ... and so on for all files/folders in directory
I have restarted Dropbox, restarted device...
What's up?
Hi Stephen B.25,
In you particular case symlink or binding - doesn't matter. The issue comes from the fact that the Dropbox daemon make a literal comparison between queried path and watched files/folders path, not inode comparison! That's why, even the same, a file could be shown with different status because beginning of the path is different. :nerd:
If you want to, can try mount a partition, you use in your home and move Dropbox folder there, if is more convenient for you. Be very careful, in such move! Take care not to left Dropbox application without available actual Dropbox folder place, even for a moment; this can lead to data loss!
Good luck.
Dropbox status is "Up to date"
System restarted. Dropbox restarted. No change.
Hi Stephen B.25,
What's the result from:
cat ~/.dropbox/info.json; echo
Is the resulting Dropbox folder matching?
<SSH>stephen@acer:~/Dropbox$ cat ~/.dropbox/info.json;echo {"personal": {"path": "/mnt/3T/acer.dropbox/Dropbox", "host": 61868442032, "is_team": false, "subscription_type": "Pro"}}/mnt/3T is the second HDD in the system. System is a SSD with limited space.
/mnt/3T/acer.dropbox/Dropbox is then bind mounted to /home/stephen
At the beginning, is Dropbox application running? :thinking:
What is the result from:
dropbox status
:wink: Try:
dropbox start
