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I have a git repository (and working directory) that is stored in my Dropbox so I can move back and forth between computers without having to commit or stash (read: without any effort at all). This is working great except for one minor annoyance that is becoming a major annoyance. Every so often, I'll leave one computer in a fully committed state only to pick up on the other computer and find that a git status reports changes. Inevitably, those changes are related to permissions. What I'm not sure about is why ? I assumed that it might be related to how Dropbox writes files on sync'd computers

I want to call the dropbox app in my app Android using the Intent. What I have to do??? Thanks!! Try using PackageManager and getLaunchIntentForPackage() with the package name for DropBox, i.e com.dropbox.android . You will get a PackageManager.NameNotFoundException if Dropbox isn't installed. If what you want is to share a file by lauching dropbox , you can use ACTION_SEND : Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND); startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, "title"); you can also send a specific file : Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND); intent.setType(fileType); intent

Is there a way to retrieve a list of the contents of a public Dropbox folder (preferably in PHP)? This is what a URL to a public file in Dropbox looks like: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1234567/publikPholder/textytext.txt One would think that jumping up one level to the directory in the URL... http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1234567/publikPholder/ ...would show all the public files. Nope. Nothing but a 404. Looks like this library is pretty complete (although I haven't used it myself), and is probably as simple as (post-auth): $info = $dropbox->getMetaData('Public', true); print_r($info['contents']);

I have an iOS app that uses Core Data for persistent data storage. I integrated Dropbox as a way for users to perform a a backup of the persistent store file (appname.sqlite). A UIButton calls a method to see if a file already exists on Dropbox: if([[DBSession sharedSession]isLinked]) { NSString *folderName = [[self.dateFormatter stringFromDate:[NSDate date]] stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"/" withString:@"-"]; NSString *destinationPath = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"/GradeBook Pro/Backup/%@/",folderName]; self.metadataIndex = METADATA_REQUEST_BACKUP; [self.restClient loadMetadata

I'm trying to get zxcvbn, Dropbox's password strength estimator , to work right... but I'm having some issues! I've included the asynchronous loader. My next problem is that I don't know enough JS to figure out how to actually use this thing.... <input id="password" name="password" size="35" class="textInput required" type="password"> is it used as some kind of monitor on that field? Thanks for the help, I'm still learning JS/jQuery... <input id="password" name="password" size="35" class="textInput required" type="password"/> <div id="result"> Laaa laa laa... </div> $('#password').keyup

How does Dropbox work? Is it just an FTP client with an easy-to-use web interface and support for many plarforms? What makes it so useful to programmers, even for those who are working on web-based applications and who have FTP access to a server by default? Does Dropbox come with an improved algorithm to facilitate file transfer for a better speed? What is the difference between an FTP client and Dropbox from a programmer's point of view? Jono FTP is just a way of copying files. And copying is not the same as synchronizing, which I believe is Dropbox's biggest strength. Dropbox is a multiway

Dropbox makes it easy to programmatically download a single file via curl (EX: curl -O https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/file.ext ). It is a little bit trickier for a folder (regular directory folder, not zipped). The shared link for a folder, as opposed to a file, does not link directly to the zipped folder (Dropbox automatically zips the folder before it is downloaded). It would appear that you could just add ?dl=1 to the end of the link, as this will directly start the download in a browser. This, however, points to an intermediary html document that redirects to the actual zip folder and