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Dropbox is currently running well on Ubuntu server 10.04. How can I setup dropbox to log any sync in syslog or even separate log file?

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You can get some kind of logging by listening to .dropbox/iface_socket. Where .dropbox is the default folder of the dropbox daemon (not client). iface_socket is what the client (open source) and the server (closed source) uses to communicate. Note than I talking about the local client (cli, nautilus-plugin, etc) and local server, not the one that is run on the net by Dropbox.

You can find a ruby script to read this socket here, but I was not able to check it.

I'm not sure if this will give you the info that you want, but this is the best that I can think of short of making a feature request to the dropbox developers.

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Capturing data from socket will not do the trick, because service data being transferred continuously, without actual syncing. – Pablo Mar 7 '12 at 8:15
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Now I understand the question properly, I think you should be using rsync to do your syncing (and produce proper log files) rather than Dropbox. It's unusual to use dropbox on a server...

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I want dropbox to write in log file. – Pablo Mar 6 '12 at 17:11
I don't think dropbox gives the facility. I think you should really be using rsync, as it's a proper CLI program with the same functionality. (and more) – ty382 Mar 6 '12 at 17:14
I am using rsync wherever it's possible. The question was very clear. – Pablo Mar 6 '12 at 17:40

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