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Originally Posted by pilotbob
Nothing you said is wrong.
But can be easily mitigated by being careful (manual). Also, Dropbox in addition to syncing also retains older versions of files. So, if the metadata.db file does get corrupted you can always go back to a previous version.
You could probably also easily mitigate it buy using a .bat file to start calibre. It can write a "inuse.txt" dummy file in the dropbox/calibre... and delete it on exit. In this case if the batch files sees the text file there it will exit with an error that calibre is in use on another PC.
BOb
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I agree with all you've written. I have some dummy flag files checked by batch files to mitigate the issue, as you've suggested for similar situations. I've also got a step in my backup that copies the metadata.db to metadata.db.1 etc. up to the last 6.
I wasn't really trying to say don't use dropbox - it looks like a great option, it just needs to be used with some care and knowledge. There's always risk - your hard drive may blowup, too, so the advantages of dropbox can easily outweigh the relatively minor risk. I'd be more tempted if my my library would fit in the free space.