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jvasileff's avatar
jvasileff
Helpful | Level 6
5 years ago

Feedback on the new desktop app "ignore files" feature.

@Daphne that's great news! I look forward to trying it out.

But it would also be nice to have a configuration file, like ".dropboxignore", to list paths or patterns to exclude. The reason is that extended attributes are tied to the actual file or folder, and will be gone if the file or folder is deleted and recreated.

The common use case for this is a software build folder that gets deleted and recreated on clean builds. Under xattr system, the "new" build folder would sync to Dropbox even if the "old" build folder had the necessary com.dropbox.ignored xattr.

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  • Damato's avatar
    Damato
    Helpful | Level 7
    4 years ago

    No, no they don't.

    It is safe to say that the community is actively ignored. As a dev in a corporate enviroment, no amount of red tape can delay any development this long. The business clearly has no intrest in fixing this issue.

     

    At this junction I will fix it for them, for free. But alas. No.

    But they are working on the next hair brained tie-in to the echo-system to increase their value offering... instead of fixing the stuff we actually need done.

    The stupid powershell command to exclude a folder barely works:

    > Set-Content -Path 'your_local_path' -Stream com.dropbox.ignored -Value 1

    It still goes into an absolute frenzy to index everything for some dark and dasterdly reason. Yet seems to hede the setting, and skip syncing. 

    • jonasjancarik's avatar
      jonasjancarik
      Explorer | Level 3
      4 years ago
      Set-Content -Path 'C:\Users\...\Dropbox\...\node_modules' -Stream com.dropbox.ignored -Value 1
      This really doesn't work for folders in PowerShell 7.1.4:

       

       

      Set-Content: Unable to clear content of 'C:\Users\...\Dropbox\...\node_modules' because it is a directory. Clear-Content is only supported on files.

       

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      Update: It seems to be working in PowerShell 7.2.0-preview.9

       

       

       

      • dishmael's avatar
        dishmael
        Explorer | Level 4
        4 years ago
        I came here hoping to see the .dropboxignore solution had been implemented but it seems Dropbox has placed a .ignore on the problem…

        😞

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