Gcode sharing folder ( Debian / Windows 7)

Thanks for the ideas Todd.

As time is truly limited, I'll continue to use thew thumb drive.
Dropbox was supposed to be a convenience, sorting all this is anything but convenient.
Perhaps I can find or make time for this in the future.

This I can do.
Thanks Andy

Can anyone help with this issue?
When I tried to install Dropbox via Synaptic it jammed up the program and it is still useless.
I get the following message when starting Synaptic:

E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

The package wasn't interrupted, it just failed, when I run the command above in a terminal it loads Dropbox to 100% and sits there doing zip.
Dropbox is not installed and Synaptic is still useless, is there a way to fix this short of reinstalling LCNC?

Allenwg2005

This may prove helpful, tho not thru a gui, but it is a step by step guide

hometechbits.wordpress.com/2017/11/05/de...ezy-dropbox-install/

If you are running a 32 bit version use this command to download
cd ~ && wget -O - "www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86" | tar xzf -


Personally I think dropbox is not quite the right tool for this job, unless of course all your CAM & CAD is being done on another site. I'd run a latency test whilst dropbox is running in the background to see if it has any affect. I have notice that turning off unneeded services (background programs) can result in a slight improvement in latencies.

This is an interesting option, I have been wondering if Dropbox is not working (installing) for good reason (or intensionally). You make a good argument for other Network Sharing methods, can or will Dropbox create latency issues.
I think Andy's suggestion may make the most sense given some of the unknowns.

Thanks for the links.

Earlier in this thread I posted some info about setting up a samba share, an example I pulled from my server.

Another option maybe if your router has file sharing options to harness that. Some have USB ports where you can insert a flash drive or HDD and use that to share files. Usually it's just a "point & click" exercise.

Samba:
debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/sect....rver-with-samba.html
www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-set-...-sharing-with-samba/

I'm almost there, I have Windows set-up to share the folder I want, I have samba installed and the Network folder in my file manager, I can see the Windows folders, but it tells me it can't mount the folder in the "Shared folder" I made.
Can someone help me with this last thing please?

THX

As a rough guess I'd say that is more than likely a permission issue, I made an assumption that you are using windows 7, 8 0r 10. I haven't done much sharing of windows folders to linux since XP so please forgive me if I'm sending you up the wrong tree.

If that is the case maybe this link will help

www.howtogeek.com/176471/how-to-share-fi...n-windows-and-linux/

Sharing from linux to windows is easy, but windows to linux can be a pain.

That was the set of instruction I used to get as far as I did. LOL

Everything looks like it should work in Windows (not that helps), any other suggestions?