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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 up to date:
```
$ dropbox.py version
Dropbox daemon version: 125.4.3474
Dropbox command-line interface version: 2020.03.04
```
This machine is truly "headless", so I am doing everything on the command line. Installation of the daemon and initial sync seemed to work fine, though autostart isn't working for me.
I've found that I can exclude directories with `dropbox.py exclude add <directory>` just fine. When I run that command for a directory in my Dropbox, the directory briefly appears in the list output from `dropbox.py exclude`. However, once the directory is actually deleted from the local Dropbox directory, it disappears from the list too. For example, I do have a bunch of directories excluded, and they are not present in the local Dropbox directory. However, the tool incorrectly reports no excluded directories:
```
$ dropbox.py exclude
No directories are being ignored.
```
This is fine, if a bit weird, but the problem is that I can't add excluded directories back (un-exclude them?) with `dropbox.py exclude remove <directory>`. That command outputs nothing and has no effect.
Why not? How can I get this to work? It seems totally broken right now.
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This bug has ground all of my work to a halt. I can't keep using my 2 TB Dropbox account for my work if I can't selectively pick which of my directories are being used on a Ubuntu machine.
For whatever reason the developers at Dropbox don't want to spend the week of developer time it would take to fix their program up.
My solutions to this are twofold:
- Insync (which is also headless) although your I have not tested this for taxing workloads.
- As I said in a previous post VNC --> GUI works.
I didn't realize using Insync could be a solution to this. I had used them in the past for Google Drive but that sounds like a good idea. Thanks! GUI is out of the question for me 😞
Any updates? Dropbox... please.
- I don't think anyone at Dropbox actually monitors the forum--or at least this thread. My guess is that the more noise we make via official complaints, the more likely this is to get fixed: https://www.dropbox.com/support/email
similar problem here too, 🙂
When I exclude a folder, then I can not see it when I run
"dropbox.py exclude list"
No directories are being ignored.- Walter
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hi all - happy New Year!
I checked back internally on this and I have an update for you.
This should be fixed in our latest, stable version of the desktop app found here.
If you'd like to give our beta version a go instead, please download and install the app from this page.
Let us know how it goes! Thanks for the update Walter.
I can confirm that updated version of dropbox (138.4.2392) now works.
I've tested:
- Adding a new exclude item
- Query the exclude list
- Removing an existing exclude item
All three operations now work properly as they did before the regression.
In the past, the tar file was labeled "dropbox-lnx.x86_64-139.4.4896", where the version number here reflects the daemon version. The "latest stable" version you point to is labeled "dropbox-lnx.x86_64-138.4.2392", which reflects an earlier release of the daemon. I did however notice the "command-line interface" is a newer version (2020.03.04). Can you tell us what we're "loosing" by downgrading the daemon? Is there a link to some release notes for the "139.x.xxxx" version?
NOTE: When you type "dropox version" it outputs versions for each
