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| title | description | date |
|---|---|---|
| Dropbox | Rclone docs for Dropbox | 2014-07-17 |
Dropbox
Paths are specified as remote:path
Dropbox paths may be as deep as required, eg
remote:directory/subdirectory.
The initial setup for dropbox involves getting a token from Dropbox
which you need to do in your browser. rclone config walks you
through it.
Here is an example of how to make a remote called remote. First run:
rclone config
This will guide you through an interactive setup process:
n) New remote
d) Delete remote
q) Quit config
e/n/d/q> n
name> remote
What type of source is it?
Choose a number from below
1) swift
2) s3
3) local
4) google cloud storage
5) dropbox
6) drive
type> 5
Dropbox App Key - leave blank normally.
app_key>
Dropbox App Secret - leave blank normally.
app_secret>
Remote config
Please visit:
https://www.dropbox.com/1/oauth2/authorize?client_id=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX&response_type=code
Enter the code: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX_XXXXXXXXXX
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[remote]
app_key =
app_secret =
token = XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX_XXXX_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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y) Yes this is OK
e) Edit this remote
d) Delete this remote
y/e/d> y
You can then use it like this,
List directories in top level of your dropbox
rclone lsd remote:
List all the files in your dropbox
rclone ls remote:
To copy a local directory to a dropbox directory called backup
rclone copy /home/source remote:backup
Modified time and MD5SUMs
Dropbox doesn't have the capability of storing modification times or
MD5SUMs so syncs will effectively have the --size-only flag set.
Limitations
Note that Dropbox is case sensitive so you can't have a file called "Hello.doc" and one called "hello.doc".
There are some file names such as thumbs.db which Dropbox can't
store. There is a full list of them in the "Ignored Files" section
of this document. Rclone will
issue an error message File name disallowed - not uploading if it
attempt to upload one of those file names, but the sync won't fail.