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Every time I move a file btween shared folders it'll recreate the file of 0 bytes in original folder
Say I have this in my Dropbox: ~/Dropbox/shared/folderA/foo.txt ~/Dropbox/shared/folderB/ The folder "~/Dropbox/shared/" is shared between 2 Dropbox accounts. Then I move "foo.txt" from "fold...
Megan wrote:
I'm afraid we can't access your link due to security & privacy reasons. Do you think you can try clicking on our camera-button icon, and attaching some screenshots here?
Hi Megan ,
The following are the screenshots though I don't know how much info you can get out of them.
Screenshot 1: The .rdp file is successfully moved from folder-1 to folder-2.
Screenshot 2: The .rdp file is recreated in folder-1 with zero bytes.
Megan
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffThanks for the added info dropmeinbox!
Both of the paths: ~/Dropbox/shared/folderA/ & ~/Dropbox/shared/folderB/ are part of the same Dropbox account, right?
Also, can you try to open the zero byte file? If so, does it preview?
Megan wrote:Both of the paths: ~/Dropbox/shared/folderA/ & ~/Dropbox/shared/folderB/ are part of the same Dropbox account, right?
Also, can you try to open the zero byte file? If so, does it preview?
Hi Megan ,
Yes ~/Dropbox/shared/folderA/ & ~/Dropbox/shared/folderB/ belong to the same Dropbox account. Their parent folder ~/Dropbox/shared/ is shared (with read/write permission) to another Dropbox account.
The zero bytes file cannot be opened/previewed. For example, I cannot open a zero-bytes .pdf file since it's not really in PDF format and the PDF viewer would complain.
The issue is there for quite long (>6 months I guess). It's not new.
- Rich
Super User II
dropmeinbox wrote:
The issue is there for quite long (>6 months I guess). It's not new.
Look at the version history of the newly created file. You should be able to see which computer is replacing the file. Is it consistent?
