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title: "Dropbox"
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description: "Rclone docs for Dropbox"
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date: "2014-07-17"
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---
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<i class="fa fa-dropbox"></i> Dropbox
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Paths are specified as `remote:path`
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Dropbox paths may be as deep as required, eg
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`remote:directory/subdirectory`.
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The initial setup for dropbox involves getting a token from Dropbox
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which you need to do in your browser. `rclone config` walks you
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through it.
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Here is an example of how to make a remote called `remote`. First run:
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rclone config
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This will guide you through an interactive setup process:
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```
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n) New remote
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d) Delete remote
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q) Quit config
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e/n/d/q> n
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name> remote
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What type of source is it?
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Choose a number from below
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1) swift
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2) s3
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3) local
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4) google cloud storage
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5) dropbox
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6) drive
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type> 5
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Dropbox App Key - leave blank normally.
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app_key>
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2015-10-03 13:23:12 +00:00
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Dropbox App Secret - leave blank normally.
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app_secret>
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Remote config
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Please visit:
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https://www.dropbox.com/1/oauth2/authorize?client_id=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX&response_type=code
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Enter the code: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX_XXXXXXXXXX
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[remote]
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app_key =
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app_secret =
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token = XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX_XXXX_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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y) Yes this is OK
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e) Edit this remote
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d) Delete this remote
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y/e/d> y
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```
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You can then use it like this,
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List directories in top level of your dropbox
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rclone lsd remote:
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List all the files in your dropbox
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rclone ls remote:
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To copy a local directory to a dropbox directory called backup
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rclone copy /home/source remote:backup
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2015-08-16 22:24:34 +00:00
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### Modified time and MD5SUMs ###
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2014-07-17 19:03:11 +00:00
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2015-08-16 22:24:34 +00:00
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Dropbox doesn't have the capability of storing modification times or
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MD5SUMs so syncs will effectively have the `--size-only` flag set.
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2015-05-18 19:07:49 +00:00
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2015-06-06 09:05:21 +00:00
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### Limitations ###
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2015-11-14 11:20:04 +00:00
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Note that Dropbox is case insensitive so you can't have a file called
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"Hello.doc" and one called "hello.doc".
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2015-08-20 17:36:06 +00:00
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There are some file names such as `thumbs.db` which Dropbox can't
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store. There is a full list of them in the ["Ignored Files" section
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of this document](https://www.dropbox.com/en/help/145). Rclone will
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issue an error message `File name disallowed - not uploading` if it
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attempt to upload one of those file names, but the sync won't fail.
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