Is there a way to tell Dropbox not to upload a certain file? (Eclipse related)

Question

I am trying to sync a code project between two computers, one running Windows and the other running Ubuntu 12.04. I use Eclipse on both machines, but the .metadata fold

Answer 1

You can name the file in such a way that Dropbox considers it a temporary file, which will prevent it syncing.

eg. .~myfile.foo

According to their help: https://www.dropbox.com/en/help/145 -

Temporary files

When some applications (such as Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint) open a file, they will often save a temporary file in the same directory and name it in one of the following ways:

Name begins with ~$ (a tilde and dollar sign) or .~ (a period and tilde)

• Name begins with a tilde and ends in .tmp, such as ~myfile.tmp
• Dropbox does not sync these temporary files on any operating system.