It might cause data loss', so keep this in mind when using it.

The project page mentions: ' This is an experimental fix, not supported by Dropbox. you'll continue to use Dropbox in the same way as before. Below you'll find step by step instructions for how to use dropbox-filesystem-fix. Using this doesn't require moving the Dropbox folder or mounting a file formatted as Ext4, etc. The process of getting Dropbox to work on non-Ext4 partitions via dropbox-filesystem-fix involves stopping Dropbox from using its original autostart entry, and replacing it with a python script that preloads a library, both shipped by the dropbox-filesystem-fix project. However, some users have already begun receiving a new notification that mentions ' Your Dropbox folder is on a file system that is no longer supported', with buttons to either quit Dropbox, see requirements, or move the Dropbox location.ĭropbox-filesystem-fix should 'fix' this, making your Dropbox folder appear as if it's on an unencrypted Ext4 filesystem. Move your Dropbox folder to a supported file system' though. I still receive the old notification from Dropbox, saying ' Dropbox will stop syncing.

In case you can't switch to a different cloud storage provider or use an Ext4 filesystem without eCryptfs for your Dropbox folder location, you can use a simple tool, called dropbox-filesystem-fix, that works around this Dropbox limitation, allowing the Dropbox desktop client to continue synchronizing files, no matter the filesystem type in use.ĭropbox should have ended support for synchronizing files on uncommon file systems on November 7, 2018. You can see the Dropbox desktop system requirements here.

As a result, Linux Dropbox users can't synchronize files if the Dropbox folder is on Btrfs, Ext3, ZFS, XFS etc., and even eCryptfs on top of an Ext4 filesystem. As you probably know, Dropbox has ended support for folder syncing to drives with 'uncommon' filesystems, which on Linux means anything but Ext4.

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