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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
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
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 votesThank you, I didn't know about that.
This is really atrocious behavior that I'm unable to ensure certain filetypes aren't automatically synced. Often this manifests itself in my programs being unable to save a file after changes have been made, and so I have to save in a different directory, outside of dropbox, and then manually move the file to the proper location and overwrite the existing file.
Sometimes I'm even forward thinking enough to pause dropbox before starting work on one of those files, but some type of exclusion, even just for power users in some type of hidden config, would be a welcome addition to the platform.
Does the Dropbox API v2 provide a way to "pause" then start your application?
