How to set Dropbox startup delay in Ubuntu?

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How to set Dropbox startup delay in Ubuntu?

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My general solution is this script:

#!/bin/sh

sleep $1
shift
exec "$@"

Put that somewhere in your $PATH in an executable file called "delay". Here's an example of how to use this script:

delay 60 dropbox

That will wait 60 seconds, then execute dropbox. You can add delays to your startup programs by editing their commands in "Startup Applications".

answered May 1 '10 at 7:22

Ryan Thompson
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	delay 60 dropbox Did not work in my Ubuntu. After some reading i found: sh delay 60 dropbox, or: ./delay 60 dropbox That did the job in my box. //TS. – user43189 Jul 18 '10 at 1:57
	That's because you didn't put the executable in your `$PATH`. – badp Jul 20 '10 at 13:46

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