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Date:      Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:32:57 +0100
From:      Frank Staals <frank@fstaals.net>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Dropbox on FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <874njimak6.fsf@Shanna.FStaals.net>
In-Reply-To: <20121219080412.5396aeb6@scorpio> (jerry@seibercom.net's message of "Wed, 19 Dec 2012 08:04:12 -0500")
References:  <20121219080412.5396aeb6@scorpio>

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Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> writes:

> I was asked about the feasibility of setting up Dropbox
> <https://www.dropbox.com/install?os=lnx>; on a FreeBSD machine,
> specifically under KDE if possible. I found three references to Dropbox
> in the ports tree; however, I am not sure that they are exactly what I
> am looking for. Does anyone have any experience with this software or
> specific information on it?

As far as I know it is currently impossible to run dropbox on FreeBSD,
as it requires inotify, as found in the Linux kernel, to detect when
files have changed. 

Regards, 

-- 

- Frank



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