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Reinstalling Ubuntu, but keeping Dropbox install, files and configuration
Hi,
I'm going to reinstall Ubuntu on my workstation. It's on a separate drive to all data, so I can keep all files. But, I would like to be able to then install Dropbox and point it to /mnt/data/...
Turns out, just backing up ~/.dropbox and ~/.dropbox-dist and replacing them before reinstalling will do it. But only, of course, if your files are in the same place and your user account the same. For me, they were.
Thanks for the answer. I considered that, but assumed also that, separate to the your dropbox files folder, Dropbox itself keeps a record of what was synced and when. So my assumption was that this trick would cause havoc as suddenly a load of unsynced files appeared and everything would stop working. I guess it is worth a try. I was hoping someone had done this.
I'll wait a couple of days and if no-one has an alternative, I'll give it a go and report back.
Thanks again.
Turns out, just backing up ~/.dropbox and ~/.dropbox-dist and replacing them before reinstalling will do it. But only, of course, if your files are in the same place and your user account the same. For me, they were.
