Using calibre on multiple computers

[PeterT]

Why not use the sleep command to wait for a predetermined time period rather than a while loop?

[ratinox]

Originally Posted by sheepdog

...
sleep 15
...

instead of your for loops.

Oh. PeterT made the same suggestion. Though there probably is (or should be) a better way to query the Dropbox software directly instead of waiting some arbitary time. You might also consider using rclone which is similar to rsync but for cloud storage services like Dropbox and OneDrive. I have used rclone for replication against OneDrive. It worked.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

I'm pretty sure those who want to do it are going to do it anyway.

But at least they've been warned if they read this thread.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by sheepdog

I certainly agree, that you cannot depend upon Dropbox alone, and you need to backup and check the libraries often. That said, here is a simple-minded script that works on my linux machine to do what was suggested:

deleted the code as I don't want to help anyone corrupt their library

Please make a new script that will use rsync to sync from your active library to your dropbox directory to be able to sync your library without risk of your active library becoming corrupt.

Also, please delete your existing script or others will use it and corrupt their library.