How to sync changed files only with Dropbox using dropbox-uploader.sh?

How to sync changed files only with Dropbox using dropbox-uploader.sh?

Hello,

I want to know how to sync changed files on my local machine using dropbox-uploader.sh by Andrea Fabrizi.

Let's say I edit a text file locally (test.txt).

I want dropbox-uploader.sh to upload that changed file and only that file automatically to Dropbox. I guess automatically scan a folder recursively for changed files every x minutes or a similar approach.

Can it be done and if so how?

Ubuntu 17.10

Vesa

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1 Answer

Let say your file is under /home/vesa/test.txt and the script location is /home/vesa/dropbox_uploader.sh You can run the upload manually by

/home/vesa/dropbox_uploader.sh upload /home/vesa/test.txt .

The dot mean at the end is root folder in Dropbox.

You can set the automatically upload in crontab. It will upload the test.txt file in every 5 minutes:

*/5 * * * * /home/vesa/dropbox_uploader.sh upload /home/vesa/test.txt .

More commands and parameters are available on GitHub page.

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