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dcam
Explorer | Level 4
9 months ago

How can I use selective sync on Linux?

Guys: I would like to use the Dropbox CLI to perform “Selective Sync” on a sub-directory, $HOME/Dropbox/level1/level2. The following are my sample commands in Linux: dropbox exclude add $HOME/Dro...
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Jay
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9 months ago

Hi dcam, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

Could you try removing the parent folder first, then adding the unneeded subfolders directly, like in the below commands?

dropbox exclude remove level1
dropbox exclude add level1/unwanted1
dropbox exclude add level1/unwanted2
etc

Does this help to keep the level1/level2 folder visible?

Keep me updated with any progress.

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dcam
Explorer | Level 4
9 months ago

This trick works! The logic is revered: you need to make all the directories available, then add the unwanted ones to the exclusion list.

Thanks!

Yi

 

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