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Re:Build your own private, encrypted, open-source Dropbox clone by Tho85 on Saturday July 20, 2013 @01:09PM (#6075748)
The underlying sync software (Unison) has been around for years now and is regarded as stable. So syncing should work just fine, although you should keep a backup of your files just in case.

You can also use Dropbox and Encbox together if you're unsure: Point your Dropbox installation to ~/Encbox and have Dropbox sync your (then decrypted) files. So you can be sure to have backups, file sharing features, etc. and see if Encbox is stable enough for you.

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Re:Build your own private, encrypted, open-source Dropbox clone by aw3c2 on Saturday July 20, 2013 @01:20PM (#6075795)
I often have Unison not notice file changes until I repeatedly scan or sometimes even until weeks later. If I new a better alternative I would not use it.
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Re:Build your own private, encrypted, open-source Dropbox clone by Tho85 on Saturday July 20, 2013 @01:31PM (#6075830)
They use some kind of heuristic to make change detection faster, see their documentation: http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/download/releases/...

Maybe that's the root cause of your issues?

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