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		theaino on Aug 31, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dropbox no longer follows symlinks to items outsid... Dropbox’s following of symlinks has always been magical, nonstandard behavior that breaks symlinks and is user-hostile for anyone who relies on proper symlink behavior.

michaelmrose on Aug 31, 2019 [–]

I'm not saying your wrong but I don't quite understand your answer can you please expand on that?

Veen on Aug 31, 2019 | [–]

Dropbox didn’t sync the symlinks; it synced the files that were being linked to, which is not what happens with most unix tools.

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