Gcode sharing folder ( Debian / Windows 7)

Ozz,

I'll set that up now, thanks for all your help.

Andy,

Thanks for your response.
Something just occurred to me and you might be a good person to ask.

My original intension was to save all my .ngc files from Fusion 360 to a folder on Dropbox, I could then access them from LinuxCNC and run those files there. They would be saved, safe, and accessible at Dropbox.
With this Debian/Dropbox issue where they don't play well in the sandbox together that is not going to work.

However:
If I save my post files (.ngc) to the cloud at Fusion 360, can I get to them from LinuxCNC file picker somehow?

Thanks in advance

Consider adding a NAS to your network. My Synology NAS supports syncing with DropBox and Google Drive so I let it do the heavy lifting for me and has not missed a beat since I installed it 8 years ago. Then you just need to connect to the NAS via the network.

Ok I got dropbox to install.

First I started with a clean install of linuxcnc from the official iso.

Open a terminal

1: Update apt:

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2: Update wheezy packages:

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3: Add dropbox to sources.
a: run mousepad as root with following command:b: add the line as follows (with carriage return at end ie press return): deb linux.dropbox.com/debian wheezy main
c: save as /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dropbox.list

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4: Import key

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5: Update apt:

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6: Install python-gpgme & dropbox installer

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7: Start the dropbox installer from Application-Menu > Internet -Dropbox

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8: Just follow the prompts and off you go. Pressing OK will download and install the dropbox daemon.

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I don't have a dropbox account (it's deactivated) so haven't done any full testing but hopefully this should get you to point where you can at least install drop box and start cooking with gas.
Account is going again, two files synced to my computer from dropbox.

Uploaded file via web interface, was synced and placed in dropbox folder when starting up......So I guess it works. Haven't really put drop box to use all that much.