.... Except, a file added to your dropbox will only appear in your local box the next time you create a local file -- there is nothing to wake the local entr when a file is remotely added to dropbox.
My one-liner Linux Dropbox client
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Re: My one-liner Linux Dropbox client
#32> Recently, the proprietary Dropbox Linux client dropped support for all Linux file systems except unencrypted ext4. What the heck. Anyone has more information about that? Any announcement? And why would it fail to work on an encrypted (LUKS?) ext4 FS when encryption seemed to me to sit below the filesystem (since AFAIK ext4 doesn't support encryption itself)?
I'm not a an active dropbox user but I find this very surprising. Next question is, why wouldn't they open source the client libraries? Supporting many platforms is already a huge task.
Re: My one-liner Linux Dropbox client
#33Dropbox is a no no for one simple reason - there is no end to end encryption. Unless I don't know something? I wouldn't want a disgruntled employee to fiddle with my files.
Is there any Dropbox-like service that lets you control your own private keys, without resorting to the ugliness of uploading an encrypted image to Dropbox?
Re: My one-liner Linux Dropbox client
#34I setup Syncthing [1] to do the same for my vimwiki folder. It was surprisingly easy, and doesn't require any external storage services. And it can even automatically sync files without internet, over the local network. [1] https://syncthing.net/
Though very useful, syncthing unfortunately uses direct communication which leads to problems with port forwarding.
Re: My one-liner Linux Dropbox client
#35I setup Syncthing [1] to do the same for my vimwiki folder. It was surprisingly easy, and doesn't require any external storage services. And it can even automatically sync files without internet, over the local network. [1] https://syncthing.net/
Though very useful, syncthing unfortunately uses direct communication which leads to problems with port forwarding.
They have relay servers.
Re: My one-liner Linux Dropbox client
#36Dropbox is a no no for one simple reason - there is no end to end encryption. Unless I don't know something? I wouldn't want a disgruntled employee to fiddle with my files.
Is there any Dropbox-like service that lets you control your own private keys, without resorting to the ugliness of uploading an encrypted image to Dropbox?
Spider oak?
Re: My one-liner Linux Dropbox client
#37Not really the same, but this reminds me of the top comment of the Dropbox announcement: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863
Why does someone have to bring up this eleven-year-old comment any time file synchronisation or Dropbox is mentioned?
Dropbox is now broken for certain Linux configurations and someone had a bit of fun writing a shell one-liner to replicate some of its functionality. Meanwhile, the original eleven year old comment was partly a throwaway remark that it didn't do anything he could not do already which means it wasn't interesting to him (plus two other points, but nobody links to it for those).
That's not even "not really the same", it's "and since you mentioned Dropbox, let's make fun of BrandonM some more". It comes across as just mean-spirited and shitty to me.
Re: My one-liner Linux Dropbox client
#38Dropbox is a no no for one simple reason - there is no end to end encryption. Unless I don't know something? I wouldn't want a disgruntled employee to fiddle with my files.
Is there any Dropbox-like service that lets you control your own private keys, without resorting to the ugliness of uploading an encrypted image to Dropbox?
I think syncthing wins here. Not at rest, mind, but since you control the endpoints that should be okay.
Re: My one-liner Linux Dropbox client
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Re: My one-liner Linux Dropbox client
#40I setup Syncthing [1] to do the same for my vimwiki folder. It was surprisingly easy, and doesn't require any external storage services. And it can even automatically sync files without internet, over the local network. [1] https://syncthing.net/
I use Syncthing for my KeepassX on 6 computers (Linux) and my phone. My music folder too. My photos folder between 3 computers. And then we use Syncthing to sharo Call of Duty maps between 5 people (Mac, Windows). All in all I really like it. I also start it with systemd on Linux.