# Dropbox check script


If you are using [dropbox](http://www.dropbox.com) on linux, be aware
that there are several reports of dropbox
["loosing"](http://konklone.com/post/dropbox-bug-can-permanently-lose-your-files)
some of your files (the file still exists, but it has 0Kb size). The
causes of this problem seem not very clear...

Anyway, I made this little script that checks your dropbox folder if
everything is okay:


    #!/bin/shif [ -z "$1" ]then    find /home/yorik/Dropbox/* -size 0 -type felse    if [ -n "$(find /home/yorik/Dropbox/* -size 0 -type f)" ]    then        notify-send -i important "Dropbox Warning" "0-byte files found"        play /home/yorik/.sound/nuclear-alarm.wav    fifi


To use it, just put the above text in a new file, adjust the paths
/home/yorik/ to yours, save it and make it executable. If you run it
without options, it will prin a list of 0-byte files found in your
dropbox folder. If you run it with any kind of argument (for example
checkdropbox -n), it will show an alert on your desktop if any 0-byte
file is found. I use it that way in a cron job that runs every hour,
that I set by adding the following line in crontab (do crontab -e in a
terminal):


    0 *  * * * env DISPLAY=:0 /home/yorik/bin/checkdropbox -n


the "env DISPLAY=:0" is needed when you want to lauch graphical
applications from crontab...