You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
Forum Discussion
Too many write operations when moving a file
We are renaming many files using the "2/files/move_v2" API, and we perform the operation on many files for a single user parallely. We get many "too_many_write_operations" error. I know about the "l...
1. Yes, any file/folder change would require a lock, including moving/renaming, which can result in lock contention.
2. No, moving and renaming are functionally equivalent on the Dropbox API.
Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox Staff1. Yes, any file/folder change would require a lock, including moving/renaming, which can result in lock contention.
2. No, moving and renaming are functionally equivalent on the Dropbox API.
About Dropbox API Support & Feedback
Find help with the Dropbox API from other developers.
