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Claudio N.1's avatar
Claudio N.1
Helpful | Level 5
4 years ago

Trouble with internal symlinks

Hello, I am struggling with symlinks. I can't get them to work. I have a folder structure like this: Fotos/jpeg/ [files] Fotos/colecciones( [links to some files] The links are defined like "../j...
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  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    4 years ago

    Hi Claudio N.1 ,

    Actually, you can't. Dropbox disabled symlink follow up for a long time already. When you use shared link to access some symbolic link you are accessing the symbolic link itself, not the pointed content! In case everything is in sync, as on your Mac, the symbolic link works as usual (there are both - link and pointed file, in sync).

    Hope this clarifies matter.

Здравко's avatar
Здравко
Legendary | Level 20

Hi Claudio N.1 ,

Actually, you can't. Dropbox disabled symlink follow up for a long time already. When you use shared link to access some symbolic link you are accessing the symbolic link itself, not the pointed content! In case everything is in sync, as on your Mac, the symbolic link works as usual (there are both - link and pointed file, in sync).

Hope this clarifies matter.

Claudio N.1's avatar
Claudio N.1
Helpful | Level 5
4 years ago

bummer 😞

  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    Legendary | Level 20
    4 years ago

    Hi again Claudio N.1,

    There might be a workaround (not very convenient, but something). You can create shared links for all files you pointed to with symbolic links now. The existing symbolic links can be replaced with web links (the created before shared links), one by one. When you get in your link folder, there is "Create" dropdown menu:

    There select "More" and after that "Shortcut". Follows dialog view:

    ..., where you can refer to whatever you want on the web (including shared link). Name it the same as the pointed file (or the same way you name symbolic link). 😉 That's it.

    Now you can share a link to web link(s) created before or to the containing folder. In all cases, when opened in a supported browser, it will point out correctly.

    Hope this helps.

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