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[IDV #ONX-380426]: how to use Dropbox for my history, favorites, custom color tables, etc.

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  • Subject: [IDV #ONX-380426]: how to use Dropbox for my history, favorites, custom color tables, etc.
  • Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 10:00:27 -0700
Brian,

This sounds like a good idea. I would suggest accomplishing this with symbolic 
link from the file system. Also see the -userpath IDV command line option to 
change the location of the of the .unidata directory. There may be problems we 
have not anticipated, but it is still worth a shot.

On a somewhat related note, I wrote an IDV dropbox plugin 
https://github.com/julienchastang/idvbox that allows you to publish bundles to 
dropbox (just like you do with RAMADDA). If interested, I can give you more 
details.

Best Wishes,

Unidata IDV Support

> I am tired of my laptop and desktop IDV sessions saving their custom color 
> tables, history, favorites, etc. in my home directories on different machines.
> 
> Can I store that stuff in Dropbox and somehow tell IDV on both machines to 
> look there, instead of in ~/.unidata/idv when I click it to life?
> I'd rather not have to launch it from a command line with an argument, but I 
> guess that would be acceptable.
> 
> Can I consolidate them from different machines, or will I have to favor one 
> machine's version as the new starting point for my future consolidated 
> preferences file?
> 
> Thanks for any assistance.
> Brian
> 
> Brian Mapes
> address@hidden<mailto:address@hidden>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: ONX-380426
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed