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Zaidy036
Explorer | Level 3
12 months ago

Control Dropbox Sync

 At the present time Dropbox does not have batch control commands to Pause and Restart sync so it does not influence other work. What would the effect be of using batch to change the name of a Dropbo...
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Zaidy036
Explorer | Level 3

Thanks for the reply to my "wild dream" and I am glad I did not try it.

 

I currently use PTFBpro to control DB sync in unattended batches and was looking for something faster and simpler. Sure wish they would add batch commands to start/stop sync.

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