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When will online-only files work on Linux?
I need to save space on my hard drive. Online-only files would be the perfect solution, but it still does not work on linux fedora.
When will we have this solution?
edugsdf wrote:
I need to save space on my hard drive. Smart Sync would be the perfect solution, but it still does not work on linux fedora.
When will we have this solution?
At the moment, Smart Sync is only available on Windows and Mac. Dropbox has made no announcement on its availability on Linux. They usually don't discuss timelines or upcoming features until they're reaady to announce them, so we likely won't know that it's coming until it's already here, assuming that it's coming at all.
Rich
Super User II
Super User II
edugsdf wrote:
I need to save space on my hard drive. Smart Sync would be the perfect solution, but it still does not work on linux fedora.
When will we have this solution?
At the moment, Smart Sync is only available on Windows and Mac. Dropbox has made no announcement on its availability on Linux. They usually don't discuss timelines or upcoming features until they're reaady to announce them, so we likely won't know that it's coming until it's already here, assuming that it's coming at all.
I was going to sign up for the Pro plan, just for Smart Sync. Yeah Selective Sync is a thing and if I don't want access to files on my desktop and then go to the web interface to get them, it works fine; but that's not the point, is it?
When Dropbox makes Smart Sync available for Linux then I'll sign up for the Pro plan.
Otherwise, I like Dropbox and I'm happy with its Linux support (and I've been a paying customer for years and years).
Why is this marked as SOLVED ? it is not solved. All the workaround posted is useless. I can't use SmartSync on Linux, thats it. The selective sync is an ugly patch. Produce an install for the main distros, all others are based on the main ones, it could be a .tar, a .deb a .rpm and thats it.
This posts are from 2018 January and we are in 2018 October, and I found nothing about this issue. There is something on the way or should we assume that it will not be done?
And I'm wondering the same thing about Linux support. I try to bug them every couple months and can never get any answer, not even a rough one. That's what's frustrating. If it's never going to be supported then say so and us ... PAYING ... Linux users will move on and find a different solution.
Still no updates here? I'm happy to upgrade my plan but was waiting for this feature... similarly will have to start exploring elsewhere as it looks like it isn't coming.
It forced me to upgrade to this plan recently. Are you telling me that feature is not available? Isnt that a bit like stealing my money?
Yeah, it is totally baaaddd businesss and marketing and totally do not give back to the Linux community from where DropBox and other companies just Abusing the Power of Linux. USE Windows Server or Mac Server or UNIX server and stop using Linux on your server level DropBox or just simple become straight with that gave you the possibility to run your business on the level you are!!!!!
Unbelievable!!!! Still no solution on this!!!!!
Recently i switched from free to paid Dropbox account just for the Linux support and now i found that smart sync not working only in Linux! This has to be fixed, but i suspect no one is paying attention...
Extremely frustrating that this hasn't been added. Will quit dropbox.
I proceed to cancel my subscription to Dropbox at the moment because they are not listening to their community and don't care about Linux
Even the free version? seems too much like throwing the baby out with the bathwater to me.
I cancelled my paid Dropbox plan when I realised that I wouldn't actually be able to use the space on Dropbox, because it will fill up my laptop's disk.
For anyone brave enough, I believe this is the source code, so you could try hacking that to add the "Smart Sync" feature:
https://github.com/dropbox/nautilus-dropbox
Alternatively, users may try using rclone with Docker (or any remote storage provider) to get similar behaviour, albeit without a UI:
https://ostechnix.com/mount-dropbox-using-rclone-in-linux/There are of course plenty of alternatives around now. I wonder if gitfs + git-sparse-checkout could work...
joeytwiddle wrote:...
For anyone brave enough, I believe this is the source code, so you could try hacking that to add the "Smart Sync" feature:
https://github.com/dropbox/nautilus-dropbox
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joeytwiddle, It's not matter of "brave enough". 🙂 The sources, you posted, are about Nautilus' plugin, not any Dropbox application sources! You cannot add there any application feature (including "Smart Sync" eventually) unfortunately, but only add/change how existing Dropbox features look like in Nautilus. Those are different things. 🤷
rclone has a UI, or rather, it works with the file manager such as nautilus.
Yes exactly. So can someone explain exactly how you would rclone/through the file manager with Dropbox? I'm assuming you cant open/edit files and then save them directly from the rclone/dropbox directory and instead you need to copy the file to locate directory, edit/save it, and then copy and overwrite back to the rclone/dropbox location so it syncs again. Is this correct or can you open/edit/save the file directly with rclone???
