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Exclude folder from syncing - but KEEP on desktop
I can't seem to find an answer to this issue specifically. I have a folder within a folder that contains many files I do not want added to my dropbox. Attempting to use selective-sync, I went into my...
Jay
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi GMoneyy, thanks for messaging the Community!
If you choose 'Get info' on the folder in question, you would get the full file path.
That is where you would replace the example files path in the command line for Terminal.
If you have any further queries, feel free to message back.
Thank you! I was able to figure out what to type into terminal and excluded the folder along with a few extra large files.
Thanks again for your help!
Many of us want to have some fires only on the computer, not on DB. But we prefer not to use Terminal. I think we can have folders in our Home folder but outside the library where DB now lives, that would work. However we would prefer to have a folder on the always visible Desktop to work with!
Any suggestions?
- Walter
Thank you Walter, but phooey! Too bad adding a tilde ~ to the name of the folder does not indicate to DB that is is hands off!
Am I correct about putting it in one's HOME folder would work?
