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A S.13's avatar
A S.13
Explorer | Level 4
9 years ago

Case insensitivity inconsistent in metadata for folder names

I'm working with an app that is trying to sync files from its App folder within Dropbox and the directory structure is as such: /Apps/picpi/Ange-Art/2015-06-09-DevilsTower Because of the App, the...
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Brynn R.'s avatar
Brynn R.
New member | Level 1
9 years ago

Case insensitivity is stupid, and breaks things.

I am doing Eclipse based software development, and I did a 'download' to try and speed up the sync.   I discover that the downloaded zip file changed the names of some directories to all lower case.    The build system dies horribly when it can't find things where it expects them.

 

We've just upgraded to dropbox business, and it seems like more and more problems are popping up.  I am going to have to resort to copying everything to a thumbdrive all the time now - which makes me wonder what we are paying for.

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