Dropbox in the Shell: Or, Integrating Dropbox and bash!

摘要

Last month, I promised to get back to some shell topics. This month, I'll do just that. I've become a pretty big fan of Dropbox . However, it's rare that I access it directly in the GUI. This makes simplifying my life with Dropbox in a shell a pretty high priority. This article will look at how I've integrated Dropbox and my bash shell environment.rnWhy Dropbox?rnIf you're unfamiliar with Dropbox, it's a cloud-based storage solution that two-way syncs between the Dropbox servers and a folder on any machines that you've installed the Dropbox client on. Of course, like Apple's iDisk, you provide credentials, so it only syncs your files. Dropbox is cross-platform and has clients for Mac, Linux and Windows. Dropbox allows you to define where your local Dropbox folder is located. Unlike iDisk, which tries to act like it's magic and shield you from its workings, Dropbox acts much more naturally. You are asked to define a folder that is your Dropbox. That's it. From then on, anything that you put in that folder is kept in sync.