/dropbox-backup

simple bash script to send a file to dropbox

Primary LanguageShell

dropbox simple backup

This is a small bash script to backup a single file to dropbox

setup / create dropbox app

Visit https://www.dropbox.com/developers/apps/create and choose the following

  • Dropbox API
  • App folder– Access to a single folder created specifically for your app.
  • Name: "My Backup"

On the next step on the app's settings generate Access Token and replace it inside the .sh file ACCESSTOKEN=

Usage

Make sure you give execute rights to the script

chmod +x backup.sh

Add your Access Token inside the bash script and call the script as follows

./backup.sh file.zip

You should see the file.zip in Dropbox APPS > My Backup > backup folder