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Cheezykins
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

Ubuntu 22.04 - Headless - Selective Sync

Hi, I've a headless linux box running ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy)   My dropbox size has exceeded the available space on the machine, and as the machine only uses a single folder in my dropbox (at about ...
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  • Cheezykins's avatar
    Cheezykins
    2 years ago

    Nevermind. I just used rclone instead of the official dropbox client.

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Hannah
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2 years ago

Hey Cheezykins, thanks for reaching out to us.

 

Can you check here, to make sure that you have all the essential requirements to run the headless Dropbox app?

 

Would the 'exclude' command be helpful in what you'd like to do? You can check out the available commands here.

 

Let me know how it goes.

  • Cheezykins's avatar
    Cheezykins
    Helpful | Level 6
    2 years ago

    Nevermind. I just used rclone instead of the official dropbox client.

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