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sthigale
Explorer | Level 4
8 years ago

Cannot auto rename file

I'm using Dropbox Java API to upload file.   Following is the code to uploadFile with auto rename set to true   void uploadFile(@NonNull final String inPath, @NonNull final InputStream inputStrea...
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  • Steve M.'s avatar
    Steve M.
    8 years ago

    Did you mean "this does not rename"?

     

    Make sure you're uploading different content. Dropbox does not consider there to be a conflict if you upload content identical to what's already in that file, and the rename will only occur on conflict.

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Steve M.
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Did you mean "this does not rename"?

 

Make sure you're uploading different content. Dropbox does not consider there to be a conflict if you upload content identical to what's already in that file, and the rename will only occur on conflict.

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