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Jeff_S1
Explorer | Level 3
5 years ago

sync only one folder on linux

I have a huge dropbox business account, and I'd like to sync one "deep" folder on a linux client.  This folder is deep in the folder hierarchy, so for example the folder: "folder 1/folder 2/folder 3"...
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sydsyd's avatar
sydsyd
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

Hi Walter - I've found another workaround which is to just share a specific folder with another Dropbox.

This avoids syncing and excluding.

But pausing the sync after setting up the link was going to be my next step.

I think all of this can be avoided if there was a config file that could be read by the dropbox linux daemon to not sync specific folders in a list.

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jamespi
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

just to be clear - was your solution to create a new dropbox account, share the folder with that account, then sync that new account?

i'm asking because that workaround will only work if you're either prepared to pay for new account or the contents of the folder are small enough to fit in a free 2GB account, so i want dropbox to be aware that it would still be helpful for them to fix the issue properly

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    sydsyd
    Helpful | Level 5
    3 years ago

    No, the reverse.

    Create a new account that has the actual files I wanted to sync with a larger dropbox that I didn't want to sync every folder.

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