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caconym's avatar
caconym
Helpful | Level 6
5 years ago

Can't un-exclude directories with `dropbox.py exclude remove <directory>` on Ubuntu 20.04.2

I have a Linux machine (running Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS, "Focal Fossa") upon which I am running a "headless" Dropbox daemon as per here: https://www.dropbox.com/install-linux   The Dropbox daemon is u...
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sarke's avatar
sarke
Helpful | Level 5
5 years ago

Same issue here, very frustrating.  We've been paying Business Team account for almost a decade.

 

@caconym, do you (or anyone else) know what the correct syntax is for ignore_set_remove on the command socket? Specifically the paths argument, is there a certain array/list format?

 

 

ignore_set_remove
paths   /opt/dropbox/Dropbox/somefolder
done
ok
removed
unrecognized    /opt/dropbox/Dropbox/somefolder
done

 

 

EDIT: So the paths are tab separated. ignore_set_add seems to work but not ignore_set_add.

sarke's avatar
sarke
Helpful | Level 5
5 years ago

Reverting to 123.4.4832 fixes the problem.  It seems 124.4.4912 introduced the bug.

  • lassamaria's avatar
    lassamaria
    New member | Level 2
    5 years ago

    Thank you sarke! Reverting to 123.4.4832 fixed it for me. It's sad that Dropbox won't fix the bug they introduced at that point, but at least old versions are still available. No idea what new features were added after that version but they don't seem to be worth this serious bug.

    • iqvoice's avatar
      iqvoice
      New member | Level 2
      5 years ago

      I also have this problem.  Would be nice to see a fix.

      • alanpaulkwan's avatar
        alanpaulkwan
        Explorer | Level 4
        5 years ago

        How does one revert back to 123.4.4832?

         

        Edit: This is a bit of a band-aid solution, but a workaround to this problem is just to use the GUI from Linux. However, I surmise Dropbox crashes on GUIs that don't support the Dropbox icon in the system tray (e.g. whatever the jazzy Ubuntu 20 default is) but works fine on XCFE.

         

        So I launched a VNC session, which on my machine defaults to xcfe (which is compatible). And the GUI permits you full visibility into your folders.

         

         

         

         

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