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Stephen B.25
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3 years ago
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linux command "dropbox status" attempts to start dropbox when it's already running

dropbox 178.4.4811 6.4.4-arch1-1   Dropbox is installed and syncing. Panel icon is active.   I want command line access to the status.  According to this page https://help.dropbox.com/installs/l...
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  • Stephen B.25's avatar
    Stephen B.25
    3 years ago

    I have found a link to dropbox.py:  https://www.dropbox.com/download?dl=packages/dropbox.py

     

    This behaves like the `dropbox` command in the documentation.

     

    I could symlink it to 'dropbox' but to avoid conflicts I call it by its full name with extension.

     

    eg. `dropbox.py status` does what I'm looking for.

Jay's avatar
Jay
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3 years ago

Are you running the command from within the Dropbox folderpath itself?

Stephen B.25's avatar
Stephen B.25
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12 months ago

I put dropbox.py in `/usr/local/bin` which is a standard directory on the path of my Linux machine. 

I can run the command from any command window. 

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