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Hi Herb,
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<blockquote type="cite" class="">On 3 Nov 2016, at 10:58, Herb Schulz <<a href="mailto:herbs@wideopenwest.com" class="">herbs@wideopenwest.com</a>> wrote:<br class="">
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I think the best thing to do is copy the files into a folder and create symlinks in the Dropbox folder of the source files and graphics, etc., but not the aux, etc,, files on one computer.<br class="">
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<div class="">Will that actually work? Have you tried it?</div>
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<div class="">If the target of the symlink changes, will that cause an update in the Cloud?</div>
<div class="">The symlink file itself has not changed on disk — if it is a “soft” link via ln -s </div>
<div class="">— so what would trigger DropBox to update and broadcast this to other clients?</div>
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<div class="">If you use a “hard” link — ln with no option — then I suppose it would </div>
<div class="">do the right thing for DropBox, as now the file information does update.</div>
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<div class="">Personally I’d be very nervous about putting a symlink in a DropBox folder,</div>
<div class="">especially one shared with other people.</div>
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<div class="">What if the file is changed by someone else? </div>
<div class="">Will that then cause my original to be changed, wherever it is on my disk?</div>
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<div class="">Or will the symlink be converted to a link into the cloud?</div>
<div class="">Then when I make updates to my original, they will not be propogated</div>
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<div class="">Or am I being paranoid?</div>
<div class="">I’ve just not tried such a scenario, and don’t think I want to.</div>
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Herb Schulz<br class="">
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