Release specific file locks in team folders to enable collaborative editing
Releases individual file locks in team folders when specific files are blocking work. More precise than bulk release when only certain files need unlocking. Useful for resolving urgent editing conflicts without affecting other locked files.
watermint toolbox
stores credentials into the file system. That is located at below path:
OS | Path |
---|---|
Windows | %HOMEPATH%\.toolbox\secrets (e.g. C:\Users\bob.toolbox\secrets) |
macOS | $HOME/.toolbox/secrets (e.g. /Users/bob/.toolbox/secrets) |
Linux | $HOME/.toolbox/secrets (e.g. /home/bob/.toolbox/secrets) |
Please do not share those files to anyone including Dropbox support. You can delete those files after use if you want to remove it. If you want to make sure removal of credentials, revoke application access from setting or the admin console.
Please see below help article for more detail:
Description |
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Dropbox for teams: Edit content of your Dropbox files and folders |
Dropbox for teams: View information about your Dropbox files and folders |
Dropbox for teams: View structure of your team’s and members’ folders |
Dropbox for teams: View and edit content of your team’s files and folders |
Dropbox for teams: View basic information about your team including names, user count, and team settings |
For the first run, tbx
will ask you an authentication with your Dropbox account.
Please copy the link and paste it into your browser. Then proceed to authorization. After authorization, Dropbox will show you an authorization code. Please copy that code and paste it to the application.
watermint toolbox xx.x.xxx
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Licensed under open source licenses. Use the `license` command for more detail.
1. Visit the URL for the auth dialogue:
https://www.dropbox.com/oauth2/authorize?client_id=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx&response_type=code&state=xxxxxxxx
2. Click 'Allow' (you might have to login first):
3. Copy the authorization code:
Enter the authorization code
Please download the pre-compiled binary from Latest Release. If you are using Windows, please download the zip file like tbx-xx.x.xxx-win.zip
. Then, extract the archive and place tbx.exe
on the Desktop folder.
The watermint toolbox can run from any path in the system if allowed by the system. But the instruction samples are using the Desktop folder. Please replace the path if you placed the binary other than the Desktop folder.
This document uses the Desktop folder for command example.
Windows:
cd $HOME\Desktop
.\tbx.exe dropbox team teamfolder file lock release -path /DROPBOX/PATH/TO/RELEASE -team-folder NAME
macOS, Linux:
$HOME/Desktop/tbx dropbox team teamfolder file lock release -path /DROPBOX/PATH/TO/RELEASE -team-folder NAME
Note for macOS Catalina 10.15 or above: macOS verifies Developer identity. Currently, tbx
is not ready for it. Please select “Cancel” on the first dialogue. Then please proceed “System Preference”, then open “Security & Privacy”, select “General” tab.
You may find the message like:
“tbx” was blocked from use because it is not from an identified developer.
And you may find the button “Allow Anyway”. Please hit the button with your risk. At second run, please hit button “Open” on the dialogue.
DIRECT
if you want to skip setting proxy.Report file path will be displayed last line of the command line output. If you missed the command line output, please see path below. [job-id] will be the date/time of the run. Please see the latest job-id.
OS | Path pattern | Example |
---|---|---|
Windows | %HOMEPATH%\.toolbox\jobs\[job-id]\reports |
C:\Users\bob.toolbox\jobs\20190909-115959.597\reports |
macOS | $HOME/.toolbox/jobs/[job-id]/reports |
/Users/bob/.toolbox/jobs/20190909-115959.597/reports |
Linux | $HOME/.toolbox/jobs/[job-id]/reports |
/home/bob/.toolbox/jobs/20190909-115959.597/reports |
This report shows the transaction result.
The command will generate a report in three different formats. operation_log.csv
, operation_log.json
, and operation_log.xlsx
.
Column | Description |
---|---|
status | Status of the operation |
reason | Reason of failure or skipped operation |
input.path | Path |
result.tag | Type of entry. file , folder , or deleted |
result.client_modified | For files, this is the modification time set by the desktop client when the file was added to Dropbox. |
result.server_modified | The last time the file was modified on Dropbox. |
result.size | The file size in bytes. |
result.is_lock_holder | True if caller holds the file lock |
result.lock_holder_name | The display name of the lock holder. |
result.lock_created | The timestamp when the lock was created. |
If you run with -budget-memory low
option, the command will generate only JSON format report.
In case of a report becomes large, a report in .xlsx
format will be split into several chunks like follows; operation_log_0000.xlsx
, operation_log_0001.xlsx
, operation_log_0002.xlsx
, …