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Why are "com.dropbox.attr" attributes added to my Dropbox?
Hello friends!
I have a problem with Dropbox in the organization where I work. When synchronizing files, the Dropbox client adds an ntfs attribute called com.dropbox.attr with a size of 26 bytes. ...
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1. What is stored in these attributes? Synchronization information?
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Hi it9,
Such attributes are used by Dropbox everywhere (on all FSes where Dropbox application works). The attribute value keeps file identification information (maps local file to the cloud equivalent).
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2. If I remove this attribute, will synchronization start again?
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In general yes. The file will get uploaded anew, but actual update wouldn't happen - the file is still the same (I assume you don't change anything else).
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3. Perhaps someone has encountered the same problem, I don’t understand why docx and doc files behave this way?
That's something very specific to particular tool in usage. You cannot rely to get answer here. It's not something Dropbox related - that's behavior of another application. Read corresponding documentation or ask corresponding application support.
Good luck.
thank you, we will write to support, since we have a paid tariff
