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Re:Dropbox no longer follows symlinks to items outside of yo... by theaino on Saturday August 31, 2019 @10:05AM (#20846321)
Dropbox’s following of symlinks has always been magical, nonstandard behavior that breaks symlinks and is user-hostile for anyone who relies on proper symlink behavior.
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Re:Dropbox no longer follows symlinks to items outside of yo... by michaelmrose on Saturday August 31, 2019 @01:26PM (#20847603)
I'm not saying your wrong but I don't quite understand your answer can you please expand on that?
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Re:Dropbox no longer follows symlinks to items outside of yo... by Veen on Saturday August 31, 2019 @04:12PM (#20848544)
Dropbox didn’t sync the symlinks; it synced the files that were being linked to, which is not what happens with most unix tools.
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