Selective sync in Debian/Buster

[tsz]

Does this actually work? I installed the headless client, placed dropbox.py in the root of my Dropbox directory, ran 'dropbox.py exclude add <names of all directories>', it said it was excluding them, then synced a bunch of it anyway. The directories all still show as being up to date. `exclude list` shows the directories as being excluded. I've tried doing this with and without full paths. How is this supposed to work? The documentation says: 

• dropbox exclude [list]
  • When list is used or with non arguments, this command prints a list of directories currently excluded from syncing.
• dropbox exclude add [DIRECTORY] [DIRECTORY] …
  • Adds one or more directories to the exclusion list, then resynchronizes Dropbox.
• dropbox exclude remove [DIRECTORY] [DIRECTORY] …
  • This removes one or more directories from the exclusion list, and then resynchronizes Dropbox. Please note that any specified path must be within the Dropbox folder.

Directories have been added, I think, but it isn't resyncing from what I can tell.  

[Walter]

Hi @tsz; welcome to our Community!

Can you post the exact status of the desktop app when you run the relevant command so I can have a better look into this?

Thanks!

[tsz]

@Walter 

I looked again, and it had synced properly. No amount of manual fiddling changed that, despite what the documentation says. I am not using a desktop application, this is done through the commandline on a headless install on Debian. Please confirm that I should see it resync after an exclude command is run, and if not, how I can force resyncing to happen.

[Здравко]

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@tsz wrote:
... I am not using a desktop application, this is done through the commandline on a headless install ...

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Hi @tsz,

Realy? No desktop application???! What type is your application in such a case? What is the difference when you have a headless install? It this mean - different application? What is different?