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== What is Dropbox? == | == What is Dropbox? == | ||
Dropbox is an web based file hosting service. It creates a folder in your home directory (usually ~/Dropbox) and monitors that folder and keeps it synced to the web and to other computers that you have installed Dropbox on. | Dropbox is an web based file hosting service. It creates a folder in your home directory (usually ~/Dropbox) and monitors that folder and keeps it synced to the web and to other computers that you have installed Dropbox on. It's also a fairly handy way to upload files between your computer and RedBrick as it doesn't need your account details, it just requires that you link the client with your Dropbox account | ||
== Installing Dropbox on your RedBrick account == | == Installing Dropbox on your RedBrick account == | ||
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=== Pre-installation === | === Pre-installation === | ||
Dropbox doesn't seem to run on [[minerva]], it works fine on [[morpheus]] and [[azazel]], [[carbon]] is untested. So ssh to one of these machines. Now, despite dropbox saying that the command line version uses the http_proxy variable, it actually uses the HTTP_PROXY variable, so lets set it correctly with: | |||
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export HTTP_PROXY="http://proxy.dcu.ie:3128" | export HTTP_PROXY="http://proxy.dcu.ie:3128" | ||
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== Extending Dropbox == | == Extending Dropbox == | ||
There are some pretty nice extensions for Dropbox, see | There are some pretty nice extensions for Dropbox, see http://wiki.dropbox.com/DropboxAddons?action=recall&rev=182 for a list of some of them. They all come with their own documentation, so it shouldn't be too hard to use them. | ||
== Your Dropbox and your RedBrick Quota == | |||
Dropbox saves copies of your files to each copmuter it is linked to, so if you use your 2GB on dropbox you will need 2GB of space on your RedBrick account, if you need more space, contact the admins. | |||