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How can I use selective sync on Linux?
Guys:
I would like to use the Dropbox CLI to perform “Selective Sync” on a sub-directory, $HOME/Dropbox/level1/level2. The following are my sample commands in Linux:
dropbox exclude add $HOME/Dropbox/*
dropbox exclude remove $HOME/Dropbox/level1/level2
However, the second command does not work. If I change it to “dropbox exclude remove $HOME/Dropbox/level1”, it will work. Looks like the command only works under directory, $HOME/Dropbox, it will not go down to next level of sub-directories. Could you shine some light on this?
Thanks!
Yi
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- Jay
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hi dcam, thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Could you try removing the parent folder first, then adding the unneeded subfolders directly, like in the below commands?
dropbox exclude remove level1 dropbox exclude add level1/unwanted1 dropbox exclude add level1/unwanted2 etcDoes this help to keep the level1/level2 folder visible?
Keep me updated with any progress.
This trick works! The logic is revered: you need to make all the directories available, then add the unwanted ones to the exclusion list.
Thanks!
Yi
