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Frank P E.'s avatar
Frank P E.
Collaborator | Level 9
2 months ago

Is there any option in the dbxcli app to pause/resume syncing?

Is there an option for the dbxcli  will support a pause and resume syncing?

4 Replies

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    2 months ago

    Hi Frank P E., thanks for posting!

    Currently, there aren't any methods for directly pausing or resuming syncing with the Dropbox executable itself, only within the app when it's running.

    If you wish, you can suggest this change for others to vote on, so the dev team can look into this in future! 

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    2 months ago
    Frank P E. wrote:

    other than dbxcli is there any other way to do it maybe with switches on dropbox.exe?

    There are no switches for dropbox.exe to pause or resume syncing, and no way to control that programmatically.

  • Frank P E.'s avatar
    Frank P E.
    Collaborator | Level 9
    2 months ago

    other than dbxcli  is there  any  other way to do  it  maybe with switches on dropbox.exe? 

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    2 months ago
    Frank P E. wrote:

    Is there an option for the dbxcli will support a pause and resume syncing?

    You'd need to discuss that on the GitHub page for the project as dbxcli is not an official Dropbox project.

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