Debian Based NAS and Replicating/Renaming the Dropbox Folder

[takrupp]

I'm in the process right now of transitioning our old windows server to a Netgear Ultra 4 Readynas. For those unfamiliar: The Readynas Ultra is basically an Atom powered network file server running a stripped out version of Debian Linux.

One of the reasons I picked this model was because of the success in running Dropbox off of it DropBox for ReadyNAS Dropbox Forums[/url]). I have indeed been successful with Dropbox and getting it to start and sync fine.

The next thing I need, and my question to the group, is what is the least painful way to change the name of the Dropbox folder or mask the Dropbox folder to look like another folder (I basically want the Dropbox folder to look like its named "Constitution" in the readynas "shares" system).

There is one method, that is covered in the dropbox forums but this requires installing a C library and a Python library, etc. I've tried this, and ended up nuking the machine somehow, requiring a full factory reset.

I'm looking to see if there is an easier way. One thing I've tried is mounting in fstab the local /c/dropbox/Dropbox folder to the local /c/Constitution folder. Its not appearing in the share on other machines but when I SSH into the server I can see that its linked. Is there a parameter I have wrong here? Do you think Im on the right track? Does anyone else mount local folders like this on the same machine?

I've also looked into symbolic links. I dont quite think these will work, but I may be wrong.

Anyways, to recap the question: Is there a way to make the contents of a folder (like /c/dropbox/Dropbox) appear in a different folder (like /c/Constitution) where in the folders are identical as files are added, deleted and changed.

Thanks.

[takrupp]

So, wanted to follow up on this because I think the solution I chose was unique and easy, even if it is a bit dirty:

Instead of getting a script to change the directory (as recommended), which required loading a C and Python library to be installed, I modified the /etc/fstab and mounted the /c/dropbox/Dropbox folder to a folder that was a readynas share. This works well.

I think this is creating a duplicate on the drives and I know its eating some of the bandwidth on the intranet, but it was much easier.

Full how to on getting the Readynas to work with Dropbox is in my profile.