Author: Andrew
| Date: November 23, 2010
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| Tags:
dropbox,
dropbox share,
filesharing,
gnome,
internet,
linux,
nautilus,
scripts,
ubuntu
A while back I wrote a Nautilus script for easily sharing any file or folder using Dropbox, via right click. But scripts get lost, especially since most people do a clean Ubuntu install every 6 months. Also, I guess it's easier to simply install it from a PPA / .deb then having to manually install the dependencies and moving the script to the right folder and so on. For this reason, I've packaged my Dropbox Share script in a .deb and uploaded it to the main WebUpd8 PPA.
A little recap on what Dropbox Share does: using it, you can right click any file or folder (!) on your computer and share it via Dropbox. The script creates a link to the file / folder you want to share, in your Dropbox Public folder and automatically copies the link(s) to the clipboard so you can paste it in an email, IM window and so on.
Why using this script is better then copying some files in your Public Dropbox folder:
- because the script uses symbolic links, the files aren't actually copied to your Dropbox public folder, so they won't take the double amount of space
- all the links are automatically copied to the clipboard
- you can even share folders, even though Dropbox doesn't allow this by default (the shared folder will have an "index.html" file and thus opening its link in a web browser, it can be easily accessed via a web browser)
