We’re Still Here to Help (Even Over the Holidays!) - find out more here.
Forum Discussion
Syncing in Linux
My Linux is not syncing. Is there a way for it to sync automatically? If not automatically then manually?
I have had a Dropbox account for many years but I have not used it much. Now I want to...
Здравко wrote:What I said:
Здравко wrote:...
The daemon can run just once per user context. If you have one running already, you cannot run another ...
...and what you're saying:
SoCalSam wrote:... but I cannot run anything when the daemon is executing.
Hm...🤔 Yes, 🙋 different words order, but the same meaning, I think. Don't you agree?
No. Very different meaning. I am trying to say that when I use ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd I cannot do anything else and you are saying that I just cannot execute another daemon. Very different meanings. When I issue that command I get the following in my command window:
And then the command window does not accept any more input. I cannot issue any more commands.
Add: Ok, to be certain everything starts from "Zero", restart your machine and after login try the following commands one by one (before starting anything else):dropbox status dropbox start -i dropbox statusPost the terminal' output as is (all together) if there's something strange and you are not aware what's it.
Refer to what I was said previously. When I posted my question, I did not have the dropbox command installed.
SoCalSam wrote:...
No. Very different meaning. I am trying to say that when I use ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd I cannot do anything else and you are saying that I just cannot execute another daemon. Very different meanings. When I issue that command I get the following in my command window:
...
Ahh... I didn't suppose you miss basic console work knowledge. 🤷
Ok. In terminal, by default, when some command is run, the shell passes control there and wait for command end. Once the command ends, the shell continue its regular work (usually shows command prompt). In above screenshot you're running Dropbox daemon directly!!! It will keep running until you stop it; so new prompt will not show again until daemon stop. As I said this is by default. You can detach particular command and let it run without shell waits for it using ending ampersand (&); so the shell will show command prompt immediately after run (keep in mind that the command outputs will still dup to the terminal if you don't detach them too). In this context your command from the screenshot can change to something like:
~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd &
Hope this fast lesson helps you, but better jump into more deep meets with console in general and the shell you're using too. 😉 You will likely need this! So again it's the same meaning.
SoCalSam wrote:...
I installed nautilus-dropbox and the status shows that Dropbox is not running. ...
SoCalSam wrote:...
Refer to what I was said previously. When I posted my question, I did not have the dropbox command installed.
Hm...🤔 Do you understand that you contradict to yourself? The 'dropbox' command is part of the package you state that have installed! What's the truth?
Ok. If there is some mistake on install, you can do it by hands too. Run following commands:
sudo wget -O /usr/bin/dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/download?dl=packages/dropbox.py sudo chmod a+x /usr/bin/dropbox
After that you have 'dropbox' command installed already. Using this control script you don't need to detach (add ampersand at the end) anything explicitly (it's done by the script automatic). Try repeat the advices from my previous post now. 🙂
Good luck.
