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Stephen B.25's avatar
Stephen B.25
Collaborator | Level 9
2 years ago

linux command "dropbox status" attempts to start dropbox when it's already running

dropbox 178.4.4811 6.4.4-arch1-1   Dropbox is installed and syncing. Panel icon is active.   I want command line access to the status.  According to this page https://help.dropbox.com/installs/l...
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  • Stephen B.25's avatar
    Stephen B.25
    2 years ago

    I have found a link to dropbox.py:  https://www.dropbox.com/download?dl=packages/dropbox.py

     

    This behaves like the `dropbox` command in the documentation.

     

    I could symlink it to 'dropbox' but to avoid conflicts I call it by its full name with extension.

     

    eg. `dropbox.py status` does what I'm looking for.

Jay's avatar
Jay
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Hi Stephen B.25, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

 

Could you attach a screenshot showing the specific messages you're getting, while hiding any usernames or personal info?

 

This will help me to assist further!

Stephen B.25's avatar
Stephen B.25
Collaborator | Level 9
2 years ago

stephen@asgl:/mnt/4T]
: dropbox status
dropbox: load fq extension '/opt/dropbox/cryptography.hazmat.bindings._openssl.abi3.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/opt/dropbox/cryptography.hazmat.bindings._padding.abi3.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/opt/dropbox/apex._apex.abi3.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/opt/dropbox/psutil._psutil_linux.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/opt/dropbox/psutil._psutil_posix.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/opt/dropbox/tornado.speedups.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/opt/dropbox/wrapt._wrappers.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/stephen/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-178.4.4811/cryptography.hazmat.bindings._openssl.abi3.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/stephen/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-178.4.4811/cryptography.hazmat.bindings._padding.abi3.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/stephen/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-178.4.4811/apex._apex.abi3.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/stephen/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-178.4.4811/psutil._psutil_linux.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/stephen/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-178.4.4811/psutil._psutil_posix.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/stephen/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-178.4.4811/tornado.speedups.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/stephen/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-178.4.4811/wrapt._wrappers.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
Killed

[stephen@asgl:/mnt/4T]
: dropbox: load fq extension '/home/stephen/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-178.4.4811/PyQt5.QtCore.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/stephen/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-178.4.4811/PyQt5.sip.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/stephen/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-178.4.4811/PyQt5.QtGui.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/stephen/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-178.4.4811/PyQt5.QtWidgets.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/stephen/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-178.4.4811/PyQt5.QtDBus.so'

 

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    2 years ago

    Are you running the command from within the Dropbox folderpath itself?

    • Stephen B.25's avatar
      Stephen B.25
      Collaborator | Level 9
      2 years ago

      It is the same result whereever I run the command. In the Dropbox folder or in some other folder.

      • Stephen B.25's avatar
        Stephen B.25
        Collaborator | Level 9
        2 years ago

        I have found a link to dropbox.py:  https://www.dropbox.com/download?dl=packages/dropbox.py

         

        This behaves like the `dropbox` command in the documentation.

         

        I could symlink it to 'dropbox' but to avoid conflicts I call it by its full name with extension.

         

        eg. `dropbox.py status` does what I'm looking for.

    • benvantende's avatar
      benvantende
      New member | Level 1
      2 months ago

      I recently ran into the same problem, where with every command dropbox wants to start. The solution below does not work for me. Also, it does not look like a proper solution. How does this all of a sudden happen? It used to be fine.

    • Stephen B.25's avatar
      Stephen B.25
      Collaborator | Level 9
      2 months ago

      I put dropbox.py in `/usr/local/bin` which is a standard directory on the path of my Linux machine. 

      I can run the command from any command window. 

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