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Sam S.6
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago

Unix file permissions accessible via API?

The official Dropbox client preserves file permissions when syncing files between different computers whenever possible (e.g., between Unixes). When changing a file's permissions to executable, this ...
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    Greg-DB
    5 years ago

    The Dropbox API doesn't expose the ability to get or set these permissions, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though. 

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Greg-DB
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The Dropbox API doesn't expose the ability to get or set these permissions, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though. 

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Sam S.6
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago

Alright, many thanks, Greg.

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