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reiner_rosin
4 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Forcing Dropbox to synchronize?
I have some trouble synchronizing a particular file on Windows 10. It's a database file of Filemaker Pro - the file is opened and in use the entire day. At evening Filemaker Pro is closed and the fil...
- 4 years ago
reiner_rosin wrote:
I wonder if there is a way to force Dropbox to do the sync? It should be done within the batch file
No, that's not possible. There's no way to force Dropbox to sync. It just syncs automatically while it's open and when there isn't a lock on the files due to them being in use. As soon as your file is closed, Dropbox should index it and sync it if needed.
Rich
Super User II
reiner_rosin wrote:
I wonder if there is a way to force Dropbox to do the sync? It should be done within the batch file
No, that's not possible. There's no way to force Dropbox to sync. It just syncs automatically while it's open and when there isn't a lock on the files due to them being in use. As soon as your file is closed, Dropbox should index it and sync it if needed.
reiner_rosin
4 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Thank you for your reply. Do you have any idea, why Dropbox doesn't detect the file is ready to sync, even within a 5 minute range? I guess I will try to update the last-modified timestamp of the file to see if Dropbox starts to sync then
- Rich4 years agoSuper User II
reiner_rosin wrote:
Do you have any idea, why Dropbox doesn't detect the file is ready to sync, even within a 5 minute range?
Usually when this happens it because another application still has a lock on the file and Dropbox can't access it.
- reiner_rosin4 years agoExplorer | Level 4
This I can exclude, the file isn't locked 100%. I can rename it and it gets synchronized immediately. I guess Dropbox is not periodically polling for file changes but is waiting for a signal from Windows. It seems after the file was locked for a long time Dropbox doesn't get informed properly after the lock is removed.
- Rich4 years agoSuper User II
reiner_rosin wrote:
I guess Dropbox is not periodically polling for file changes but is waiting for a signal from Windows.
That's exactly how it happens. Dropbox registers itself with the operating system to receive change notifications for everything in the Dropbox folder. It's not polling the folder itself.
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