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How to merge two folders with Dropbox.Net SDK?
Dear support, To rename a folder, I call the MoveV2Async(pathOld, pathNew). If the pathNew exists, it fails with an error "to/conflict/folder/". If the destination folder already exists, ...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffXiangZhou Здравко is correct; the Dropbox API doesn't offer a way to merge folders like this directly, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though. You'd need to handle this in your code like they described. If/when you need to move multiple items, using MoveBatchAsync can help.
Thanks for your suggestion.
I am trying to implement it manually by deleting files in the destination folder firstly if exist and then move the files.
After calling the DeleteBatchV2Async, how do I safely wait until the files have been completely deleted before calling the MoveBatchAsync. Could you show me some sample code?
- Greg-DB
I don't believe we have sample code for DeleteBatchAsync in particular unfortunately, but you should poll DeleteBatchCheckAsync to see when the job is done. Refer to the documentation linked there for more information.
By the way, it looks like you mixed up DeleteBatchAsync with DeleteV2Async or MoveBatchV2Async; there's no DeleteBatchV2Async.
Has there been any progress on this? I've accidently created a duplicate of a large folder and have been adding to both without realizing my error. I want to now merge without fear of losing something. Is this possible within Dropbox or some additional software/app? Thank you!
- Greg-DB
DCProducer No, I don't have an update on this feature request for the Dropbox API.
Note that this thread is regarding some functionality for the Dropbox API for use by developers. It's possible someone has already developed an app as a solution for this scenario, but unfortunately I can't offer guidance on third party apps like that.
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