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JohnCrawford
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8 years ago
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“something similar” to SCP for Dropbox

I'm trying to backup some file on my Linux server to Dropbox. I do *NOT* want to install Dropbox on my server as I do *NOT* want any of the files on my Dropbox account to be on this server.

I'm looking for something similar to SCP, so it will look like this: 

scp backupDocument.txt mydropbox:/folder/save

Basically I should be able to copy a file from my server and paste that file into my Dropbox account without needing to install Dropbox on the actual server.

 

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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    8 years ago
    Well, if your server doesn’t have a GUI whatsoever, then you’ll need to find another solution to somehow access a browser, since there isn’t a Dropbox command line to directly login to your account.
     
    You could use a CLI browser like Lynx and open the link there to see if that helps.
     
    Otherwise, you could even type the link generated on a normal computer which does have a browser, and after a short time the server will be connected.

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