#!/usr/bin/python import os.path import subprocess import sys import gtk import gnomekeyring as gk # paths constants: PATH_ENCRYPTED = os.path.expanduser("~/Dropbox/Encrypted") PATH_DECRYPTED = os.path.expanduser("~/Private") # get the encfs-dropbox item: try: items = gk.find_items_sync(gk.ITEM_GENERIC_SECRET, {"encfs": "dropbox"}) item = items[0] # clean up your keyring if this list has multiple items except gk.NoMatchError: print("no entry in keyring") sys.exit(1) # run encfs: cmd = ["encfs", "-S", PATH_ENCRYPTED, PATH_DECRYPTED] p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdin=subprocess.PIPE) err = p.communicate(input="%s\n" % item.secret)[1] # either there is an error or we are done: if err: print(err) sys.exit(1)