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underlap
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

cat prints old version of file

I am using Dropbox v169.4.5684 on macOS 12.6.3. In a terminal session with current directory in a Dropbox directory, I copied a file from a sibling directory using the cp command. I edited and saved ...
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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    2 years ago

    Hey underlap, if you create a copy of one of those files somewhere outside the Dropbox folder, are you still seeing the same behavior?

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underlap
Explorer | Level 4

I did an experiment. I tried setting another file which exhibits the same problem first of all to "Make available offline" and then to "Make online-only". I tried `cat` again in both of these states and the old version of the file was still displayed.

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Hannah
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2 years ago

Hey underlap, if you create a copy of one of those files somewhere outside the Dropbox folder, are you still seeing the same behavior?

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    underlap
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    @Hannah Yes I do see the same error and...

     

    Actually, it's a user error on my part! I'd forgotten that I'd put a lot of whitespace in the middle of the original file. So `cat` was simply displaying the end of the file and the editor was displaying the top of the file. All is ok and I'm so sorry for wasting people's time!

     

    Have you heard the expression PEBKAC ("Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair")?

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      Megan
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      2 years ago

      Don't even worry about it, I'm glad you got to the bottom of this underlap! 

       

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