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Linux... move the Dropbox Folder
I have been looking but not finding anything... can anyone point me in the right direction for moving the Dropbox folder? I have Ubuntu Server (no Gui) installed and the Dropbox folder (and the two ...
nullptr wrote:
...Unfortunately, there are no solutions for those of us that relied on symlinks to backup data outside of the dropbox folder.
Hi nullptr,
Your statement isn't true actually! The symbolic link might be most convenient for many users, but isn't the only one.
nullptr wrote:... Putting a bind mount in your dropbox folder will break the dropbox daemon and prevent it from syncing.
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😏 Actually, your statement could be true here (partially). Directory binding is additional layer between underlying file system and users programs. Such a layers interface, on Linux, always have nature of FS interface. In this context - binding falls in FS restrictions of Dropbox (bind interface isn't inside Dropbox "white list"). The truth in your statement is up to here. There is relatively easy way, developed long time ago in context of FS limitation introduction, which just overcome this limitation. Such method could be used and there is example for use here (just change device mount to binding). 😉 That's it.
Enjoy!
I guess its my lack of understanding of C++ and Ubuntu but I could not understand what you meant by "(just change device mount to binding)"
Does it require change in the source code? Which line? to what?
I tried ad-hoc fixes based on what I could understand
For example, I tried changing EXT4_SUPER_MAGIC to BINDERFS_SUPER_MAGIC but got the error
<stdin>: In function ‘statfs’:
<stdin>:21:19: error: ‘BINDERFS_SUPER_MAGIC’ undeclared (first use in this function)
<stdin>:21:19: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
<stdin>: In function ‘statfs64’:
<stdin>:32:19: error: ‘BINDERFS_SUPER_MAGIC’ undeclared (first use in this function)
undoing the change says
Your Dropbox is already patched.
So I'm doing something wrong.
cipherguru wrote:I guess its my lack of understanding of C++ and Ubuntu but I could not understand what you meant by "(just change device mount to binding)"
...Hi cipherguru,
Actually, there isn't any C++ code! Where you see it? API layer functions are C functions, not C++! Other (biggest) part is a shell-script ('bash' - more precise).
cipherguru wrote:...
Does it require change in the source code? Which line? to what?
...No actually. What make you think that any changes are needed?
cipherguru wrote:
...For example, I tried changing EXT4_SUPER_MAGIC to BINDERFS_SUPER_MAGIC but got the error
...I can't see any reason for such change, but if you want see what FS magic numbers are available for your system, take a look on "/usr/include/linux/magic.h". In my case I can't find "BINDERFS_SUPER_MAGIC". Where you find this from (and more important why - isn't Ext4 enough, though)?
