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dropbox filestatus unwatched for all files in Dropbox directory
Ubuntu 19.10
Dropbox daemon version: 93.4.273
Dropbox command-line interface version: 2020.03.04 Dropbox is keeping up to date -- up and down. But file status reports as unwatched $ /...
Hi Stephen B.25,
In you particular case symlink or binding - doesn't matter. The issue comes from the fact that the Dropbox daemon make a literal comparison between queried path and watched files/folders path, not inode comparison! That's why, even the same, a file could be shown with different status because beginning of the path is different. :nerd:
If you want to, can try mount a partition, you use in your home and move Dropbox folder there, if is more convenient for you. Be very careful, in such move! Take care not to left Dropbox application without available actual Dropbox folder place, even for a moment; this can lead to data loss!
Good luck.
bfmaier wrote:... It's kinda mind-boggling that this number is so low per default and that the App doesn't tell you what's going on when you hit the limit and instead just "unwatches" all files and remain in "syncing" forever. ...
Hi bfmaier,
I agree that Dropbox application should tell user what's going on in more details when any error happens. Hitting the watches limit is only one of many such cases, unfortunately. 🤦 Proper information for any unwanted events (including logs availability) is a pain for Dropbox.
About the per process watches number, it's not so low. They're used to monitor eventual changes in configuration files, files that the application currently use, etc. Such a mechanism is NOT designated for syncing (generally); Dropbox use them rather as something like workaround, unfortunately. There are much better ways and Dropbox refuses to use them (don't ask me why). The same mechanism (with watches) can be used for syncing too, but as a distributed system for large entries number (something Dropbox application doesn't do).
Let's hope Dropbox designers will improve their system stricture at some point (but better don't relay on).
Interesting, thank you for these insights!
