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Forum Discussion
Creating an alias or symlink to a file within Dropbox
Is there a way to create a symlink or alias for a file or folder that points to a file within another Dropbox folder? For instance, making a symlink or alias for a large video file that resides in o...
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Symlinks and aliases are not currently supported by Dropbox, but perhaps I could suggest a work around for this.
Since you can create a shortcut to a web link with these steps, perhaps you could use this feature to add a shared link to the file you want to access from another folder.
When you open a shared link to a file that you already have access to, and you're signed into your account online, it will simply point you to the file within your account.
Let me know if that would do the trick!
The current help doc
Symlinks in Dropbox | Dropbox Help
says symlinks and aliases are supported. Are they or not?
Rich
Super User II
Super User II
brains wrote:
The current help doc says symlinks and aliases are supported. Are they or not?
Yes, but they can no longer be used to have Dropbox sync files that are located outside of the Dropbox folder. Dropbox simply syncs the symlink; not the content at the other end.
Yes, that is what I was asking. That's pretty bad, as we cannot have our whole information architecture placed in the user/db folder.
