Access Box via terminal
I have an M1 Mac Mini and an intel 13 inch MacBook pro.
In both machines, I can access Box fine on Finder.
However, when I try to access it on the terminal, I either do not see "Box" folder in the home repository (when I do see other cloud storage services like Google Drive and Dropbox), or it does not show me any files within the Box folder ($ls do not show me anything when I do see many files on Finder).
After struggling weeks to fix this, I figured out that I can access files in the following repository:
/Users/MAC-OS-USER/Library/CloudStorage/Box-Box
Is there any way to fix this? I have tried deleting/reinstalling Box many times.
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EDIT:
Another problem I found is when I try to compile some .tex files that uses \include command to call other files in the same repository, I get an error message saying such file does not exist, when I clearly see that file using Finder.
I think these are related--somehow Box is malfunctioning and not correctly reading files that do exist in the repo.
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Up until yesterday, I was able to "cd Box" and use files in the Mac Terminal.
After the macbook pro "crashed", rebooted, this was no longer available as you described.I am trying a temporary work around. However, something appears to have broken. This work around may or may not be suitable.
I am able to access everything on the box drive via the Finder and other GUI applications, just not when using the Terminal.Open the Mac Terminal and do this:
ln -s /Users/USERNAME/Library/CloudStorage/Box-Box /Users/USERNAME/boxdrive
Now I can "cd boxdrive" and see everything.
I could just "cd /Users/USERNAME/Library/CloudStorage/Box-Box", but that's just too much typing.Something has broken with this recent Box Drive update.
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