I noticed one regression(?) recently - I have been using symbolic link in dropbox directory pointing to data directories, something like this - my_dropout_dire/dir1 ====> /path1/data_dir1
There is a directory tree under /path1/data_dir1, whenever there is file update, adding new file or adding new sub directory, I can get auto sync on my other linked computers.
But this stops working recently, since maybe couple weeks back. I have to add a new symbolic link to make it work:
my_dropout_dir/dir1_sub1_sub11 ====> /path1/data_dir1/sub1/sub11
If I do not do this, new files in sub11 is not sync'ed to other computers, and I do not see them on dropbox web repo either.
Does anyone also notice this?
According to Dropbox at this page: https://www.dropbox.com/help/145/en
Junction points and aliases
Dropbox will follow Windows junction points (Windows Vista or later) and sync the files or folders they link to. However, any changes to those files or folders made from the Windows operating system will not sync again until the Dropbox desktop application is restarted. To get around this, move the original folder to your Dropbox and add a junction point from its previous location to link to its new location in the Dropbox folder.
I had junctions too and they were working fine till some days ago, but apparently they were not supposed to.
tl;dr I use Dropbox with Windows symbolic links and junctions. While the Dropbox client does NOT detect any file changes during the day, it checks and syncs subfolders and files when it starts up OR RESUMES.
The files sync under the following conditions:
I restart my laptop EVERY morning, and when Dropbox client auto-starts, it syncs up the subfolders and files.
If I need to sync files during the day, I "pause syncing" in the Dropbox client and immediately resume it - and this syncs up the subfolders/files.
Not the ideal process, but it works.
PS: I've only tried symbolic links with folders on my local machine, not remote machines.
FWIW (as of a few months back) none of the other clients I tried with (Google Drive, Copy) recognized Windows symbolic links and junctions.
Dropbox version: v2.10.52; OS: Windows 8.1
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For reasons that I'm not gonna go into, I have one computer that I can install OneDrive but not Dropbox, and computer that I can install Dropbox but not OneDrive.
With that in mind, is it possible to have a folder that is shared between the two services and that updates automatically when changes are made. I.e., if I change a file within the shared folder in Dropbox, the changes automatically get updated on the same folder in OneDrive, and vice versa.
Thanks.
I have a folder in my server which contains daily backup of database and uploads. When I'm uploading this folder, it shows maximum execution problem due to large size of that folder. So I want to share that folder to google drive. Is there any way to share folder?
Based from this forum, it's not possible to sync Google Drive with folders outside of the original Drive folder.
Found this link - I need to sync files and folders outside "Google Drive" folder. which might help.
You can choose any folder during the Google Drive install.
Firstly select "Advanced Setup" on the second page of the Getting
Started screen.
Then click the "Change" button next to Folder Location
Select any folder you want, including network shares and mapped network drives.
You can also check on this related thread.
When uploading images on my local development environment, and uploading the contents of the Uploads and Content Folders up to the live environment the images do not show even after updating the application pool - do you know what step i am missing. I am using Piranha in passive mode?
Well without any further information it's hard to come up with something that will qualify as an answer :) However, if you have copied both the database and the binary files located in ~/App_Data/Content/ my guess would be that Windows is playing a prank on you and that the IIS pool of the live environment either:
Doesn't have permission to access the App_Data/Content folder, or
That permissions from your dev server have been copied to the live server so that the IIS app pool doesn't have permission to the copied files.
Regards
Håkan
I have a bunch of files on my onedrive account synced with my laptop (windows 8.1) and Surface RT (Windows 8.1).
Now, if I add any files or folders (by web upload or by copying to onedrive folders on my laptop/Surface) all these files disappear from their location and I can find them in the Recycle Bin.
How can I troubleshoot this behavior?
Thanks in advance!
Try the feedback link from the options gear in the onedrive web page. They treat data loss issues very seriously and usually respond quickly.
I realize this is an old post, but I just ran across this (or a similar) issue and thought I'd share something that worked for me.
Check the following to see if the folders you've added to OneDrive are selected to be included in the sync:
Right-click the OneDrive icon in the taskbar and choose Settings
Go to the Account tab and click the Choose folders button
Select the checkbox for the folders you'd like to sync/save
NOTE: If you are saving files directly in the OneDrive directory (C:\Users\YourName\OneDrive\) instead of in a folder (C:\Users\YourName\OneDrive\MyFolder\), make sure to check the box for the "Files not in a folder" option.
I am testing a Google Chrome notebook. Whenever I download a file it goes to a folder called "File shelf" which is somehow connected to my Gmail account. Is it possible to access this folder on a "normal" system running any browser? I did not find how to do it yet. In general, is there a description on how to manage this folder: delete, copy to external storage (USB), etc?
The 'File shelf' is not connected to your Gmail. It's a place on the SSD. If you click 'Ctrl-M' you will get a folder with all the files on your local SSD.
Once you are in the folder - right click will give you the options to delete/rename each file.
If you want wish to do more with this new File API - here is a post I've wrote on it.
Good luck.