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How to stop following symlinks in dropbox

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Mar 15, 20262191 views
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Problem

What I have: When I sync it with other PC becomes real folder with files from but I need sync it as symlink. OS is Linux on all my PC's

Error Output

Dropbox\
    projects\
        serverfault\
        stackoverflow\
        superuser\
    currentProject -> projects\superuser [Sometimes I change it…

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Fix for: How to stop following symlinks in dropbox

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AFAIK, this is impossible with Dropbox. The whole reason for symlinks is for them to look like and act like files. The changes necessary are for Dropbox to make an explicity API call which the OS will tell you if it is a symlink or not. Otherwise, a…

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