{"id":46,"date":"2011-03-21T21:43:53","date_gmt":"2011-03-21T21:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emtunc.org\/blog\/?p=46"},"modified":"2011-06-09T12:29:05","modified_gmt":"2011-06-09T11:29:05","slug":"dropbox-automatically-standby-pc-after-sync","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emtunc.org\/blog\/03\/2011\/dropbox-automatically-standby-pc-after-sync\/","title":{"rendered":"Dropbox – Automatically Standby PC After Sync"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dropbox<\/a> – another piece of software I couldn’t possibly live without.<\/p>\n

If you use Dropbox, you may have come across a situation whereby you’ve just put a few large files in your Dropbox which will take some time to sync.<\/p>\n

One solution to this problem (without leaving your machine on all day or night) is to use a batch file which does the following:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Uses a small executable created by a member<\/a> of the Dropbox forums<\/li>\n
  2. This executable checks the status of Dropbox (synching, in-use, up-to-date etc)<\/li>\n
  3. The batch script simply runs in the background and checks the status of Dropbox every 30 seconds<\/li>\n
  4. If the status is up-to-date<\/em>, the script executes a command which puts the machine in to standby.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    <\/p>\n

    Code<\/h2>\n

    @echo on
    \n:CHECKSTATUS
    \ndbFileStatus.exe \"C:\\location\\to\\DropboxFolder\" > dbstatus.txt
    \nfindstr \/m \"up to date\" dbstatus.txt
    \nif %errorlevel%==0 (
    \n%windir%\\System32\\rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState
    \n) else (
    \nSLEEP 30
    \nGOTO CHECKSTATUS
    \n)<\/code><\/p>\n