[Solved] Unable to move Dropbox folder

[mark9117]

Linux spike 4.4.74-desktop-1.mga5 #1 SMP Mon Jun 26 07:50:58 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[root@spike opt]# rpm -qa |grep kfilebox
kfilebox-0.4.9-5.mga5
[root@spike opt]# rpm -qa |grep dropbox
dropbox-servicemenu-0.16.1-3.mga5
dropbox-bin-1.6.2-3.mga5.nonfree
caja-dropbox-1.8.0-3.mga5.nonfree

Forgive me if this is not the correct place for this question.
A few weeks ago I posted a question about Dropbox not working. That issue was easily resolved, but now I've seen another issue with Dropbox (or Kfilebox as the case may be).

What's happening is that I am unable to move the default Dropbox folder. The persistent default location is /home/<user>/Dropbox. I'm short on space in that partition, so I'm trying to move Dropbox to a different partition on the same device.

What I am doing is:
Right-clicking on the dropbox icon in they tray
Stop dropbox
Right-click preferences
Under the Account tab enter the new location of the Dropbox folder (/mnt/backup/Dropbox)
Click okay

Rename /home/<user>/Dropbox to /home/<user>/Dropbox.old

Right-click preferences and start Dropbox

At this point, I get an error box:



Exiting stops the whole process.

Clicking Relink just recreates and syncs the folder under /home/<user>/Dropbox.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

Mark

[doktor5000]

What's happening is that I am unable to move the default Dropbox folder. The persistent default location is /home/<user>/Dropbox. I'm short on space in that partition, so I'm trying to move Dropbox to a different partition on the same device.

What I am doing is:
Right-clicking on the dropbox icon in they tray
Stop dropbox
Right-click preferences
Under the Account tab enter the new location of the Dropbox folder (/mnt/backup/Dropbox)
Click okay

Rename /home/<user>/Dropbox to /home/<user>/Dropbox.old

Well, this question would be more suited at https://www.dropboxforum.com
There are even a few related threads there:
https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox ... di-p/35598
https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox ... i-p/172326
https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Install ... 066#M36620
https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Install ... 338#M42738

Easiest bet is to just place a symlink /home/<user>/Dropbox which points to /mnt/backup/Dropbox.
Or just mount /mnt/backup/Dropbox at /home/<user>/Dropbox, either directly or via a bind mount.

[mark9117]

Easiest bet is to just place a symlink /home/<user>/Dropbox which points to /mnt/backup/Dropbox.
Or just mount /mnt/backup/Dropbox at /home/<user>/Dropbox, either directly or via a bind mount.

I suspect you're right. I didn't even think of those.

I'll go try them and get back with a note that I'm going to another forum, or that this is resolved.

Thanks much.

Update: Just dropped a soft link to /mnt/backup/Dropbox in my home folder and it sync'd up. Appears to work like a charm.

Thanks again.