Dropbox selective sync on Ubuntu using Dropbox CLI

To install dropbox cli, run

sudo apt-get install nautilus-dropbox

To login to your dropbox

dropbox start -i

Now a url will be provided, paste this url to your favorite browser and allow the sync.

Now start the dropbox deamon by

dropbox start

Your dropbox account are now linked to your ubuntu.

Now enter your dropbox folder

cd Dropbox

Then run this command to exclude all the folders

dropbox exclude add *

This will exclude all the folders to be sync, except files under Dropbox root folder.

Now start including your selective sync folders.

dropbox exclude remove fengubuntu

Hint: You can use --help to get help of a sub command, for example, dropbox exclude --help will show your how to use dropbox exclude command.

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Feng