[Whitelist Dropbox Folders to Sync] #dropbox #sync #whitelist

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Dropbox Whitelister

I use this script on my linux machines to whitelist a single folder located in my ~/Dropbox/server-sync directory. Here I have a separate folder for each of my servers.

To run the script use:

dropbox_whitelist [options] <serverName>

    -k|--keep       keep all byproduct files (use for debugging)
    -h|--help       show this message
    -v|--version    show version number

    serverName      the name of the server folder to retain in server-sync folder

So, to only sync the folder ~/Dropbox/server-sync/soxs-eso-data I would run the command:

dropbox_whitelist soxs-eso-data

The script will need to be run frequently (e.g. via cron) to exclude new Dropbox files and folders generated on other machines.

dropbox_whitelist

#!/bin/bash
 
# SET PATH
PATH=:/usr/local/bin/:/usr/bin/:/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/:/bin/
VERSION=0.1
 
display_usage() { 
    echo "
This script will whitelist a folder with a given <serverName> name within the ~/Dropbox/server-sync folder and exclude all other files and folder from syncing to/from Dropbox. Hopefully saving a lot of space!   

    Usage:

    ${0##*/} [options] <serverName>

    -k|--keep       keep all byproduct files (use for debugging)
    -h|--help       show this message
    -v|--version    show version number

    serverName      the name of the server folder to retain in server-sync folder"
} 

## DEFAULT OPTIONS & VARIABLES
keep=0 # KEEP ALL BYPRODUCT FILES (USE FOR DEBUGGING)
numberArguments=1 # MINIMUM NUMBER OF COMMAND-LINE ARGUMENTS REQUIRED

# COLLECT CL-ARGUMENTS & PARSE OPTIONS
args=( "$@" )
while [[ $# > 0 ]]
do
key="$1"

case $key in
    -h|--help)
    display_usage
    exit 0
    shift
    ;;
    -v|--version)
    echo "${0##*/} version $VERSION"
    exit 0
    ;;
    -k|--keep)
    keep=1
    delete=($key)
    args=( ${args[@]/$delete/} )
    shift
    ;;
    *)
            # unknown option
    ;;
esac
shift
done

# IF LESS THAN THE REQUIRED ARGUMENTS SUPPLIED, DISPLAY USAGE
if [ ${#args[@]} -lt $numberArguments ] 
then 
    display_usage
    exit 1
fi 

serverName="${args[0]};Icon?"

# change into Dropbox folder
cd "$HOME/Dropbox"

# FIRST EXCLUDE ALL ROOT FOLDERS
WHITELIST="server-sync;Icon?" # files and folders you wish to whitelist
for f in *; do
# IFS = Internal Field Separator
OLDIFS="$IFS"
export IFS=";"

black="true"
for w in $WHITELIST; do
  if [ "$f" == "$w" ]; then
    black="false"
  fi
done
if [ "$black" == "true" ]; then
    dropbox exclude add "$f"
fi

export IFS="$OLDIFS"
done

# SECOND EXCLUDE ALL OTHER SERVER FOLDERS
cd "$HOME/Dropbox/server-sync"
for f in *; do
# IFS = Internal Field Separator
OLDIFS="$IFS"
export IFS=";"

black="true"
for w in $serverName; do
  if [ "$f" == "$w" ]; then
    black="false"
  fi
done
if [ "$black" == "true" ]; then
    dropbox exclude add "$f"
fi

export IFS="$OLDIFS"
done