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When will online-only files work on Linux?
I need to save space on my hard drive. Online-only files would be the perfect solution, but it still does not work on linux fedora.
When will we have this solution?
edugsdf wrote:
I need to save space on my hard drive. Smart Sync would be the perfect solution, but it still does not work on linux fedora.
When will we have this solution?
At the moment, Smart Sync is only available on Windows and Mac. Dropbox has made no announcement on its availability on Linux. They usually don't discuss timelines or upcoming features until they're reaady to announce them, so we likely won't know that it's coming until it's already here, assuming that it's coming at all.
Unfortunately I use too much dropbox fornlooking to alternatives. I have however a partial solution. I use rclone to mount my dropbox on the cloud, so I can access the files in dropbox I am not syncing with my pc. Not as flexible as SmartSync, but it is a workable solution.
I have just looked a bit more at 'rclone' and wondering how you are getting on with this @lformaggia
Do you still have the dropbox app installed for the files/folder you are syncing, and then use rclone mounted to your dropbox files that you don't want to sync ?
or do you use rclone for everything now?
After researching rclone for a bit, it will mount your whole dropbox (or a selection) into a folder within your Linux system that you can then browse the files locally through the home directory. The same as if the files were on a USB or external drive....
However, when it comes to working with these files, i'm assuming you can't open them directly from the remote dropbox folder? In practice what you have to do is copy them directly to a directory on your own hard drive, make any changes that you need and save them. Then copy/paste back the file back to the remote rclone directory, and then it will override the file on your dropbox and sync it for any other people also using it.....
Is this correct and a practical arrangement for sharing/editing/updating files on your dropbox when you have multiple team members, using multiple operating systems?
