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Re:Dropbox no longer follows symlinks to items outside of yo... by cowsandmilk on Saturday August 31, 2019 @07:56AM (#20845788)
Explain what was wrong with Dropbox’s previous behavior (which is described in the link).
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Re:Dropbox no longer follows symlinks to items outside of yo... by Dylan16807 on Saturday August 31, 2019 @08:08AM (#20845829)
"would duplicate files and break links"

And did the previous behavior preserve symlinks that are located inside a folder in Dropbox and link to somewhere else inside the same folder? Because a symlink-blind program would screw that up royally.

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