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How can I exclude file extensions form being synced? I have a mega big temp file (temp database log file) and it slows down my entire laptop.
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NorahDropbox Staff
it's been 18 months. This feature could be really useful for me as well. How it's coming along? Any chance we'll ever see it shipped?
I have been having problems with dropbox causing both WinEdt and Visual Studio to fail repeatedly. The problem is that dropbox locks file temporarily, and then WinEdt fails to Latex my file, or Visual Studio fails to compile. This is getting to be a major problem for me.
One way around this is if I could exclude filenames by file type from dropbox syncing. For Visual Studio it is always the PDB file (which is pointless to backup), and for WinEdt it is always the PRJ file (which is nice to back up, but certainly not crucial to back up).
Dropbox should either add the ability to sync by filename extension, or stop locking files on me, or better, do both.
You need to submit a Ticket ASAP.
((Are you using smart sync?))
Hello Norah,
Could you give us a clear status as to whether this feature prioritized in the roadmap / is being considered?
I sync some subfolders to Google Photos and this generates a large amount of temporary .driveupload files. It is impossible to configure these to be generated elsewhere, so they are picked up by dropbox and then deleted once Google Photos is done with them. Dropbox's CPU usage goes up substantially when this occurs.
It seems like a basic client-side feature to not parse certain files if they have an extension matching a pattern. UI + logic code and testing is probably something that can be done within one sprint or two max. I even don't mind having to replicate this setting on all my clients manually if the issue is that this flag won't sync server side to all clients.
Please let us know.
Thanks,
David- Rich
Super User II
dstgermain wrote:
Could you give us a clear status as to whether this feature prioritized in the roadmap / is being considered?
Dropbox doesn't provide ETAs or discuss what features may or not be coming. If they plan on adding it, we'll know when it's released.
tmp and temp files need to be located elsewhere than in your dropbox folder. Do you know which programs create the temporary files, then as the program(s) to put the temp files somewhere else.
Hi I have similar issue with temporary files (with *.tmp extension). In my case these files are creating by Google SketchUp when it saves a project.
There is no way to configure location of these *.tmp files and I have to turn off Dropbox sync before saving of project in sketchup.- For MAC, the AutoSave file is always saved in your User > Library > Application Support > SketchUp # > SketchUp > Autosave folder
While excluding a file is not possible, you can ignore a specific folders, if that helps: https://www.dropbox.com/help/syncing-uploads/selective-sync-overview
+1 major vote from me. I would prefer if .tmp .swap and .pyc files were never sync'd.
Hi all, I've recently implemented dropboxignore which is a shell script that allows you to ignore files and folder based on glob patterns (like .gitignore). This is not a solution but a walk-around. Hope to find it usefull. Any feedback is more than welcome.
Hopefully Dropbox will implement this. MegaSync has this feature where you can simply select files based on extension and they are excluded from the sync.
It was 2018 since this was 1st raised. Is there any hope of this being implemented?
Yes this is a great suggestion. The problem to be solved here is to stop dropbox syncing files that are highly dynamic and that get rebuilt by default processes such as intermediate build files that get built automatically. For example ipch and other project files generated by visual studio. These file are generally platform and machine specific and if missing get generated automatically anyway.
It would be also good when dropbox asks to move a file out, it gives you the option to exclude that file from being synced.
Still no response from Dropbox?
I have apps that download files in chunks/parts as temporary files with the extension ".part". I don't need or want for these files to be sync'd, only the final file that gets created when the downloaded chunks are finished and the final file is assembled from the downloaded chunks, and the chunks deleted
I would have thought that having the ability to exclude certain file types would be very basic functionality -- especially for temporary files -- and not all that difficult to implement.
This is an absolute WASTE of SPACE and BANDWIDTH.
It is becoming clear to me that dropbox isn't of much use to developers. I'm going to start looking for other online services better suited.
Yeah, it's been -- what?-- three and a half years already.
I guess they're too busy raking in the money to keep their product competitive.
They had a great idea when they started, but competitors are taking that idea and making better products.
Too bad
- MeganStatus changed:NewtoNot for right now
Amazing. The outcome couldn't be better.
