Start dropbox in a shell if it's not running

dropbox.sh

# 1) install dropbox in a shell using the instructions provided here
#    https://www.dropbox.com/install?os=linux
# 2) install the cli script as ~/bin/dropbox
#    https://www.dropbox.com/download?dl=packages/dropbox.py
# 3) add the following to your .bash_profile

# start dropbox on login if it's not running
if [ -f ~/bin/dropbox ]; then
    ~/bin/dropbox running
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
        echo "Dropbox running"
    else                                                                                                                                                                                    echo "Dropbox not running, starting it"
        ~/bin/dropbox start
    fi
fi