![]() ![]() Python is a generally user-friendly, cross-platform scripting language with a lot of optional additions called "modules". This could possibly be simpler if you already had a text list of files to download. I was then able to collect all the relevant data regarding the contents of my Dropbox account and tell dbxcli to (repeatedly) download the proper files/folders. To download "everything", I found needed to wrap dbxcli in a script so I could parse its output (which presented its own challenges due to how dbxcli chooses to format that output). ![]() Note that there are Mac OSX installation instructions on the main page. Stand-alone, compiled versions of dbxcli for several operating systems are available from their official GitHub Releases page. In short, with both suggestions offered below, I haven't found an easy way to tell Dropbox to download "everything", starting with the root folder and proceeding through sub-folders.ĭbxcli is the official command line client for Dropbox built with Go. My personal experience indicates that you will probably need to script a solution yourself.ĭropbox has an API which allows direct access to files from the command line, but it can be less than ideal to work with. How do I back up online Dropbox content straight to a hard drive? ![]()
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