Set Dropbox ignored attribute on files, updates emblems for Thunar

dropbox-ignore.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Requires: sudo apt install attr libglib2.0-bin xdotool

ATTR_IGNORED="com.dropbox.ignored"
ATTR_EMBLEMS="metadata::emblems"

EMBLEM_IGNORED="emblem-colors-red"

function ignore {
	attr -s "$ATTR_IGNORED" -V 1 "$1" >/dev/null
}

function restore {
	attr -r "$ATTR_IGNORED" "$1" >/dev/null
}

function query {
	attr -q -g "$ATTR_IGNORED" "$1" &>/dev/null
	ignored=$?
	if [[ "$2" == "print" ]]; then
		realpath "$1"
		if [[ "$ignored" == "0" ]]; then
			echo "  => is IGNORED in Dropbox"
		else
			echo "  => is NOT ignored in Dropbox"
		fi
	fi
	return $ignored;
}

function emblems {
	emblem "$1" "$2" # Self
	cd "`dirname "$1"`" # Containing folder
	for f in *; do
		emblem "$f" "$2"
	done
}

function emblem {
	query "$1"
	if [[ "$?" == "0" ]]; then
		gio set -t "stringv" "$1" "$ATTR_EMBLEMS" "$EMBLEM_IGNORED"
		if [[ "$2" == "print" ]]; then
			realpath "$1"
			echo "  => emblem SET"
		fi
	else
		gio set -t "unset" "$1" "$ATTR_EMBLEMS"
	fi
}

function usage {
	echo "Usage: ";
	echo "	bash `basename $0` [ignore|restore|query] PATH"
	echo "	bash `basename $0` emblems FOLDER"
	exit 2
}

if [[ "$#" -ne 2 ]]; then
	usage
else
	case $1 in
		ignore)
			ignore "$2"
			emblems "$2"
			query "$2" print
			exit 0
			;;
		restore)
			restore "$2"
			emblems "$2"
			query "$2" print
			exit 0
			;;
		query)
			query "$2" print
			;;
		emblems)
			emblems "$2" print
			exit 0
			;;
		*)
			usage
			;;
	esac
fi

uca.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<actions>
<action>
	<icon>dropbox</icon>
	<name>Ignora in Dropbox</name>
	<unique-id>1616513445346275-1</unique-id>
	<command>bash /home/lorenzo/.dropbox-ignore ignore %f &amp;&amp; xdotool key F5</command>
	<description></description>
	<patterns>*</patterns>
	<directories/>
	<audio-files/>
	<image-files/>
	<other-files/>
	<text-files/>
	<video-files/>
</action>
<action>
	<icon>dropbox</icon>
	<name>Ripristina in Dropbox</name>
	<unique-id>1616513445346275-2</unique-id>
	<command>bash /home/lorenzo/.dropbox-ignore restore %f &amp;&amp; xdotool key F5</command>
	<description></description>
	<patterns>*</patterns>
	<directories/>
	<audio-files/>
	<image-files/>
	<other-files/>
	<text-files/>
	<video-files/>
</action>
<action>
	<icon>dropbox</icon>
	<name>Aggiorna emblemi per Dropbox</name>
	<unique-id>1616513445346275-3</unique-id>
	<command>bash /home/lorenzo/.dropbox-ignore emblems %f &amp;&amp; xdotool key F5</command>
	<description></description>
	<patterns>*</patterns>
	<directories/>
</action>
</actions>