DropBox-Handler 2.0

Mount Dropbox as an Amiga volume (DBOX:)

Short:        Mount Dropbox as an Amiga volume (DBOX:)
Author:       Renaud Schweingruber (original handler by Norbert Kett)
Uploader:     Renaud Schweingruber <renaud schweingruber protonmail com>
Type:         comm/net
Version:      2.0
Requires:     filesysbox.library, a TCP/IP stack, AmiSSL 5, MUI 3.8
Architecture: m68k-amigaos >= 3.0
Distribution: Aminet

DropBox-Handler makes your Dropbox account appear as an ordinary AmigaDOS
volume named DBOX:. Once mounted you can browse it in the Workbench, change
into its drawers from the Shell, and open or save files from any application,
exactly as if it were a local disk. Files are transferred to and from Dropbox
on demand over a secure HTTPS connection.

Version 2.0 is a rewrite on top of filesysbox.library - the same library
smb2-handler and nfs-handler use. The AmigaDOS side (locks, directories,
ExAll, notifications, protection bits, UTF-8 file names, files over 2 GB)
comes from the library; the handler itself only speaks Dropbox.

FEATURES

  - Dropbox mounted as a normal volume (DBOX:); browse, copy, create, delete,
    rename, run programs, open projects - from the Workbench, the Shell and
    applications.
  - Directory cache with patch-on-change: Copy/Delete loops do not refetch
    the drawer at every step; changes made elsewhere show up after CACHETTL
    seconds (60 by default).
  - Writes are buffered locally (T: by default) and uploaded when the file is
    closed: seeking back and rewriting inside a file works like on a disk.
    Big files go through Dropbox upload sessions in CHUNK KB pieces.
  - Adaptive read-ahead: large sequential reads speed up automatically while
    drawer browsing and small reads stay light. HTTPS connections are kept
    open between requests.
  - Secure connection via AmiSSL 5 (TLS 1.2+).
  - MUI setup program (DropBoxPrefs) that stores your keys, logs you in with a
    QR code scanned by your phone, or loads the authorisation code from a
    text file, and writes the configuration for you.
  - One "DropBox-Toggle" script that mounts and unmounts with a single command
    (unmount via FbxDismount from the filesysbox archive).
  - Live storage quota via Info DBOX:.
  - Mountlist options: VOLUME, CONFIG, SPOOL, CACHETTL, READAHEAD, CHUNK,
    TIMEOUT, READONLY, DEBUG, LOGFILE, NOREQ.
  - All credentials live in a single config file; nothing secret is compiled
    into the programs, and the short-lived session token is kept in memory
    only, never written to disk. The 1.0 configuration file works unchanged.

INSTALLATION

  Double-click the Install icon (Commodore Installer). It copies the handler
  to L:, its data to DEVS:Cloud, DropBoxPrefs to SYS:Prefs and DropBox-Toggle
  to S:. filesysbox.library (Aminet util/libs/filesysbox.lha) and AmiSSL 5
  must be installed separately. Then read the AmigaGuide: you have to create
  a Dropbox "app" once (free, five minutes) and authorise it with
  DropBoxPrefs.

HISTORY

  2.0  Rewrite on filesysbox.library; directory cache; spooled writes with
       upload sessions; adaptive read-ahead; new Mountlist options; case-only
       renames; refusal to delete non-empty drawers; Deny readers removed;
       DropBoxPrefs 1.1 with "Load code from file...".
  1.0  First release (Norbert Kett's handler modernised: OAuth2 refresh
       tokens, AmiSSL TLS 1.2, DropBoxPrefs with QR login).

Dropbox is a trademark of Dropbox, Inc. This is an independent, unofficial
program and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Dropbox, Inc.