Dropbox status of a file or folder in Windows (Python -> PB)

[Little John]

Hi all,

it would be very useful for me if a program of mine could get to know the status of a particular file or subfolder inside my Dropbox folder.
I found a small Python script that seems to do the job. Can someone with knowledge of Python translate this code to PB please?

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import win32pipe, win32ts, win32api, pywintypes, struct, sys

def dropbox_path_status(pathname):
    return ['dropbox not running',
            'not in dropbox',
            'up to date',
            'syncronising',
            'sync problem'][dropbox_path_status_code(pathname)+1]

def dropbox_path_status_code(pathname):
    processid = win32api.GetCurrentProcessId()
    threadid = win32api.GetCurrentThreadId()
    request_type = 1
    wtf = 0x3048302
    pipename = r'\\.\PIPE\DropboxPipe_' + \
               str(win32ts.ProcessIdToSessionId(processid))
    request = (struct.pack('LLLL', wtf, processid, threadid, request_type) + \
              pathname.encode('utf-16') + (chr(0)*540))[0:540]
    try:
        response = win32pipe.CallNamedPipe(pipename, request, 16382, 1000)
    except pywintypes.error, err:
        if err[0] == 2:
            return -1
        else:
            raise
    else:
        return int(response[4:-1])

if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
        print 'checking status of', sys.argv[1]
        print dropbox_path_status(sys.argv[1])
    else:
        print >> sys.stderr, 'pathname required'

TIA, Little John