dropbox_cli_selective_sync.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

: "${DROPBOX_FOLDER_TO_KEEP:? DROPBOX_FOLDER_TO_KEEP must be set e.g. DROPBOX_FOLDER_TO_KEEP=CapoeiraSubsonicLibrary ./dropbox_cli_selective_sync.sh }"

# TODO: avoid ls ---> http://mywiki.wooledge.org/ParsingLs
dropbox(){
 /usr/local/bin/dropbox.py "$@"
}
pushd ~/Dropbox > /dev/null
while [ "$(ls -1 | grep -v $DROPBOX_FOLDER_TO_KEEP | wc -l)" -ne "0" ]
do
item=$(ls | grep -v "$DROPBOX_FOLDER_TO_KEEP" | head -1)
echo Excluding $item
dropbox exclude add "$item"
done
popd > /dev/null
dropbox exclude list
echo "Done"