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Unnecessary sync after change auf harddisk on the app.
Hello,
I just changed my data harddisk. It's a Linux system and I just moved the /home directory to a new harddisk. The system runs fine, but Dropbox does not recognise that the cloud storage and the local Dropbox folder have the same content, so it just started to download, saying that this would take several days. I checked the folder configuration, everythings seems to be alright.
What can I do to stop that nonsense?
Thanks!
Martin
elroy690 wrote:...
When I let the whole sync process run through, everything will be back to normal afterwards?
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Yes. As I said, the application uploads everything anew. This doesn't mean that every file will be updated; Dropbox server, on its own, checks out and if nothing changed (the file is the same) upload is ignored. So, almost everything, if not everything, gonna be ignored. At the end, for every single file, correct extended attribute(s) (one or more; one in most cases) becomes set to every single file anew and that's all.
- Megan
Dropbox Staff
Hi elroy690, thanks for posting here today!
It seems you might chose for the content to sync anew to the device, that's why the app is syncing all the content. On the other hand, maybe the app is re-indexing any changes, and not syncing the files.
Do you have two Dropbox folders on the device? An old, and a new one?
Could you clarify the app's precise syncing status, please? Also, feel free to have a look at this thread, and let me know if you can follow the steps Rich provided.
Keep me posted!
Hi!
No, Dropbox is really syncing, not indexing. It says it's uploading and downloading files.
Yes, I have two Dropbox folders, but I renamed the old one, so this shouldn't be a problem, should it? It's a Linux system and I put set /home directory to the new drive, so actually Dropbox shouldn't even notice that something is different, cause I copied the whole /home content to the new drive.
Any ideas?
I am just shredding the drive now, so it cannot be accessed by Dropbox any more. So the second folder cannot be the problem. Just mentioning. 😉
Thanks!
