Dropbox - Revision history

Teirm at 20:20, 5 February 2015

2015-02-05T20:20:50Z

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	** Restart the Dropbox daemon via <tt>dropbox start</tt>		** Restart the Dropbox daemon via <tt>dropbox start</tt>

	* Dropbox gets stuck "Connecting"		==Dropbox gets stuck "Connecting"==
	Remove ~/.dropbox and ~/.dropbox-dist and reinstall. This results from stopping dropbox during the synch process or trying to selectively synch without first pausing.		Remove ~/.dropbox and ~/.dropbox-dist and reinstall. This results from stopping dropbox during the synch process or trying to selectively synch without first pausing.

Teirm at 20:20, 5 February 2015

2015-02-05T20:20:23Z

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	** Restart the Dropbox daemon via <tt>dropbox start</tt>		** Restart the Dropbox daemon via <tt>dropbox start</tt>

	* Dropbox gets stuck "Connecting"		* Dropbox gets stuck "Connecting"
	Remove ~/.dropbox and ~/.dropbox-dist and reinstall. This results from stopping dropbox during the synch process or trying to selectively synch without first pausing.		Remove ~/.dropbox and ~/.dropbox-dist and reinstall. This results from stopping dropbox during the synch process or trying to selectively synch without first pausing.

Teirm at 20:20, 5 February 2015

2015-02-05T20:20:01Z

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	** Create a symbolic link ~/Dropbox to the Dropbox folder on scratch (as described near the top of this page)		** Create a symbolic link ~/Dropbox to the Dropbox folder on scratch (as described near the top of this page)
	** Restart the Dropbox daemon via <tt>dropbox start</tt>		** Restart the Dropbox daemon via <tt>dropbox start</tt>

			* Dropbox gets stuck "Connecting"
			Remove ~/.dropbox and ~/.dropbox-dist and reinstall. This results from stopping dropbox during the synch process or trying to selectively synch without first pausing.

Homa at 20:05, 28 January 2015

2015-01-28T20:05:53Z

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	===Installing Dropbox===		===Installing Dropbox===
	* To install the dropbox daemon, run the following command from your terminal:		* To install the dropbox daemon on your machine, run the following command from your terminal:
	<pre>		<pre>
	$ cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64" \| tar xzf -		$ cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64" \| tar xzf -

Homa at 20:05, 28 January 2015

2015-01-28T20:05:05Z

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 It is easy to link your home folder with your Dropbox.  By default, the Dropbox will be accessible as <tt>~/Dropbox</tt>. Before doing so, there are two important considerations:
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 * Clearly, if you store your Dropbox on scratch it will be ignored in the daily backup. However, even if you keep it actually in your home folder, the backup script will skip the Dropbox.
 * The Dropbox daemon (which synchronizes your ~/Dropbox folder with the actual Dropbox) starts automatically when you log in to the graphical desktop.  However, if your machine is restarted (so that the daemon is killed) and you log in remotely (before logging in to the graphical desktop), the Dropbox daemon will have to be started manually. This is done via

Administrator at 22:08, 31 December 2014

2014-12-31T22:08:09Z

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	** Move the contents from ~/Dropbox to this new scratch folder		** Move the contents from ~/Dropbox to this new scratch folder
	** Remove the (now empty) folder ~/Dropbox		** Remove the (now empty) folder ~/Dropbox
	** Create a symbolic link ~/Dropbox to the Dropbox folder on scratch		** Create a symbolic link ~/Dropbox to the Dropbox folder on scratch (as described near the top of this page)
	** Restart the Dropbox daemon via <tt>dropbox start</tt>		** Restart the Dropbox daemon via <tt>dropbox start</tt>

Administrator at 22:07, 31 December 2014

2014-12-31T22:07:40Z

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	** On your home machine, stop the Dropbox daemon via <tt>dropbox stop</tt>		** On your home machine, stop the Dropbox daemon via <tt>dropbox stop</tt>
	** Create the Dropbox folder on scratch		** Create the Dropbox folder on scratch
	** ~~MOVE~~ the contents from ~/Dropbox to this new scratch folder		** Move the contents from ~/Dropbox to this new scratch folder
	** Remove the (now empty) folder ~/Dropbox		** Remove the (now empty) folder ~/Dropbox
	** Create a symbolic link ~/Dropbox to the Dropbox folder on scratch		** Create a symbolic link ~/Dropbox to the Dropbox folder on scratch

Administrator at 16:49, 31 December 2014

2014-12-31T16:49:06Z

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	(need notes on installing Dropbox here)		(need notes on installing Dropbox here)

			Some additional notes:

	The Dropbox daemon (which synchronizes your ~/Dropbox folder with the actual Dropbox) starts automatically when you log in to the graphical desktop. However, if your machine is restarted (so that the daemon is killed) and you log in remotely (before logging in to the graphical desktop), the Dropbox daemon will have to be started manually. This is done via		* The Dropbox daemon (which synchronizes your ~/Dropbox folder with the actual Dropbox) starts automatically when you log in to the graphical desktop. However, if your machine is restarted (so that the daemon is killed) and you log in remotely (before logging in to the graphical desktop), the Dropbox daemon will have to be started manually. This is done via
	<pre>		<pre>
	dropbox start		dropbox start
	</pre>		</pre>
	'''It is important to do this ''only'' on your home machine.''' If you do it on multiple machines (or even by accident, by putting the <tt>dropbox start</tt> command in your <tt>~/.bashrc</tt> script), you will end up with conflicts, since multiple independent daemons will all start to synchronize the same folder.		'''It is important to do this ''only'' on your home machine.''' If you do it on multiple machines (or even by accident, by putting the <tt>dropbox start</tt> command in your <tt>~/.bashrc</tt> script --- ''clearly, do NOT do this!''), you will end up with conflicts, since multiple independent daemons will all start to synchronize the same folder.

			* If you have NOT put your Dropbox on scratch and wish to change this, proceed as follows:
			** On your home machine, stop the Dropbox daemon via <tt>dropbox stop</tt>
			** Create the Dropbox folder on scratch
			** MOVE the contents from ~/Dropbox to this new scratch folder
			** Remove the (now empty) folder ~/Dropbox
			** Create a symbolic link ~/Dropbox to the Dropbox folder on scratch
			** Restart the Dropbox daemon via <tt>dropbox start</tt>

Administrator at 16:37, 31 December 2014

2014-12-31T16:37:53Z

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	dropbox start		dropbox start
	</pre>		</pre>
	'''It is important to do this ''only'' on your home machine.''' If you do it on multiple machines (or even by accident, by putting the <tt>dropbox start</tt> command in your <tt>~/.bashrc</tt> script), you will end up with ~~a mess~~, since multiple independent daemons will all start to synchronize the same folder.		'''It is important to do this ''only'' on your home machine.''' If you do it on multiple machines (or even by accident, by putting the <tt>dropbox start</tt> command in your <tt>~/.bashrc</tt> script), you will end up with conflicts, since multiple independent daemons will all start to synchronize the same folder.

Administrator: Created page with "It is easy to link your home folder with your Dropbox. By default, the Dropbox will be accessible as `~/Dropbox`. Before doing so, there are two important consideratio..."

2014-12-31T16:37:14Z

Created page with "It is easy to link your home folder with your Dropbox. By default, the Dropbox will be accessible as <tt>~/Dropbox</tt>. Before doing so, there are two important consideratio..."

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It is easy to link your home folder with your Dropbox. By default, the Dropbox will be accessible as <tt>~/Dropbox</tt>. Before doing so, there are two important considerations:

* If you have a large Dropbox, you may wish to make sure that the Dropbox contents are not actually stored in your $HOME folder (where they would count against your quota). The easiest way to do this is to create a folder in your scratch partition (e.g., ~/Scratch/Dropbox) and then create a symbolic link to this folder, via
<pre>
ln -s /scratch/Dropbox ~/Dropbox
</pre>
The only drawback is that your scratch partition is typically only available on a few machines (e.g., not on ariadne itself).

* Clearly, if you store your Dropbox on scratch it will be ignored in the daily backup. However, even if you keep it actually in your home folder, the backup script will skip the Dropbox.

(need notes on installing Dropbox here)

The Dropbox daemon (which synchronizes your ~/Dropbox folder with the actual Dropbox) starts automatically when you log in to the graphical desktop. However, if your machine is restarted (so that the daemon is killed) and you log in remotely (before logging in to the graphical desktop), the Dropbox daemon will have to be started manually. This is done via
<pre>
dropbox start
</pre>
'''It is important to do this ''only'' on your home machine.''' If you do it on multiple machines (or even by accident, by putting the <tt>dropbox start</tt> command in your <tt>~/.bashrc</tt> script), you will end up with a mess, since multiple independent daemons will all start to synchronize the same folder.

Dropbox - Revision history

Teirm at 20:20, 5 February 2015

Teirm at 20:20, 5 February 2015

Teirm at 20:20, 5 February 2015

Homa at 20:05, 28 January 2015

Homa at 20:05, 28 January 2015

Administrator at 22:08, 31 December 2014

Administrator at 22:07, 31 December 2014

Administrator at 16:49, 31 December 2014

Administrator at 16:37, 31 December 2014

Administrator: Created page with "It is easy to link your home folder with your Dropbox. By default, the Dropbox will be accessible as ~/Dropbox. Before doing so, there are two important consideratio..."

Administrator: Created page with "It is easy to link your home folder with your Dropbox. By default, the Dropbox will be accessible as `~/Dropbox`. Before doing so, there are two important consideratio..."