Is there a way to set the Dropbox folder via the command line?

Hi Andregn

Since NO-ONE AT DROPBOX can be bothered to help their users on this point it seems,  I wanted to share a scrap of information I have which might help you.  

Sounds like your need a little different from mine - I was asking about *pure headless* devices,  whereas you I think are in a different situation - but  still with the problem you **can find no way to relocate the storage location**.     Let me just tell you what I found subsequently which might help. 

I was seeking to use Dropbox on a headless device - hence no desktop / no system tray - nowhere  (as explained above in my earlier post) to find the Dropbox "tool" which allows you to change location.    I got NO ANSWER as you see above so solve that issue a different way. 

BUT subsequently I've tried Dropbox again / different situation but AGAIN on a 'modest' machine -- running a super lightweight Linux called ANTIX.     Nominally,  it looked like I would have the same problem,   but what I did was this: 

1.  Installed Dropbox  using SYNAPTIC under Linux (straight from repositories - default). 

2. This gave me an installation but NO commands or menu entries to run it.   

But before giving up on it - I tried experimentally running dropbox from the command line -  you have to run  

    dropbox start  -i  

...and to my surprise,  that popped up a taskbar icon which when right-clicked, gave me a pop window offering (see attached image above ).   As you see that Window at centre, offers 'Dropbox Folder Location'  -- which there - with the benefit of a desktop - you can click and edit.  

That MIGHT solve your issue IF you're using some Linux with a Desktop.

But if you're working headless as I was,  I  HAVE FOUND something else since which may help -- which is  *where the Storage Path appears to be stored*.    I found it seems to be in this file: 

    /home/yourusername/.dropbox/info.json   

[ EG my copy of that file contains this:   

   {"personal": {"path": "/media/240GB/DROPBOX2/Dropbox", "host": 1426857425, "is_team": false, "subscription_type": "Basic"}}   

]

SO you MAY FIND,  that if you edit the path in that JSON file,  and then restart dropbox from the command line,  it may work.   I've not tried the headless situation specifically since I needed it:   but it may well and I hope this helps you and or someone else. 

I have to say - once working, the synch to cloud was very sound and reliable. 

Best wishes

Mike H

London UK