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Can we have more folder options like custom folders or sub-folders to add to Computer Backup?
Right now, the automated backup option in Dropbox allows me to sync my Documents, Desktop and Downloads folders. By far the biggest - and most important - folder on my computer is the Music folder th...
Yeah Dropbox has encouraged me to move my stuff in /dropbox and just make junctions as needed, but some apps simply don't play well with DB.
I program I wrote crashes if it runs in /dropbox. I know I should rewite it but that's not how it works - you're not supposed to interfere. I also have a work related critical software that uses Foxpro and they hacked internet in it - because of this it does why my program does - repeaded sequential writes to a file without checking, cause it's ITS file - and as a result steps on the toes of Dropbox that reads the file, cannot get an exclusive lock and crashes.
An installer that performs an in-place upgrade of critical software that crashes mid upgrade is a bad day at work. I have to QUIT DB. Pausing it will stop uploads but not the meddling.
So I moved some critical structure outside of Dropbox (!) so now only secondary files are backed up - main files are copied in every 24 hours via robocopy making the databases the program maintains NEWER than the software backed up.
And since I don't expect to see a "delay" setting on Dropbox so it won't jump on files the millisecond they have been written, my best bet is to copy files in via backup.
I wish the junction thing didn't go away but we do what we can.
Not having to robocopy the files, delete and maintain, jump through hoops would be great. It'd be even greater if you could tell DB to delay uploads but here we are.