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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. K
Norah
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox Staff
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.
- That’s an unfortunate way of dealing with feedback. They should follow Atlassian’s example and have public votes on paying user requests / expose when items are prioritized in their roadmap.
- Rich
dstgermain wrote:
They should ... have public votes
I have exactly the same concern. .tmpupload keep being sync and deleted from the dropbox folders which I need to sync to Google photos. This is a pain for CPU and bandwidth.
I would like to exclude them from syncing.
