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--- guides:computing:dropbox_backup [2025/03/02 18:13] – created admin
+++ guides:computing:dropbox_backup [2025/03/02 18:34] (current) – [Moved storage to secondary HDD by making symlinks] admin
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 Performed "headless install via command line" from that page.
-Also downloaded the ''dropbox.py'' script, moved it to ''/home/anthony/.'', made it executable, and made a symlink to it in ''/usr/local/bin'', which is on ''PATH''.
+Also downloaded the ''dropbox.py'' script, moved it to ''/home/anthony/.'', made it executable, and made a symlink to it (named ''dropbox'' without any extension) in ''/usr/local/bin'', which is on ''PATH''.
 Now can run commands using this script from the bash command line, e.g.:
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 dropbox help
 </code>
+===== Moved storage to secondary HDD by making symlinks =====
+-03-02
+In ''/home/anthony/.'', did:
+<code bash>
+mv ./Dropbox/ /media/dbox_backup/Dropbox
+ln -sf ./Dropbox/ /media/dbox_backup/Dropbox
+mv ./.dropbox/ /media/dbox_backup/.dropbox
+ln -sf ./.dropbox/ /media/dbox_backup/.dropbox
+</code>
+Also tried doing same for ''.dropbox-dist'' dir, which holds the ''dropboxd'' Dropbox daemon app, but that created errors when trying to run ''dropboxd''.  So I moved that dir back to home.