How do symbolic links work in Dropbox?

2019年9月22日 — Dropbox no longer supports having symlinks within the Dropbox folder and instead encourages users to store the files within Dropbox and use ...

2013年1月6日 — DropBox follows symbolic links and treats them as directories. It's really useful for backing up without having to move files and ...

2020年2月22日 — As of mid-2019, Dropbox announced that they no longer support symlinks that point outside of the main Dropbox folder.

2023年9月7日 — Symlinks can be used to link files or directories across different drives, making it easier to access files in different locations. They can ...

2020年1月1日 — As of mid-2019, Dropbox no longer follows items outside of your Dropbox account that are linked to by a symlink.

2019年6月10日 — Solved: Hi there, I use dropbox on linux with symlinks, but am not sure which is the best/preferred way to use them.

2019年12月9日 — Dropbox should still sync, from the Dropbox desktop application to the web and the other way around though. Does it report to be Up to date?

Here's how to make Dropbox sync any folder on your PC using Symbolic Links.

2020年2月19日 — Dropbox resolves symbolic links (symlinks, soft link) by default. On Dropbox servers, symlinks are completely replaced by the data they point to ...

2019年12月27日 — If you did not create the symlinks, they might have been created by an app that you use with Dropbox. Don't worry—your app will keep working.