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Adam D.19
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10 years ago

Are file ids globally unique?

The documentation doesn't say anything about file ids being unique at all, whereas this blog post leads me to believe they're unique per user, but not necessarily globally unique. Are file ids global...
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Adam D.19's avatar
Adam D.19
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Gregory, Thank you very much for your reply. I understand that a single file in a shared folder with multiple users will report the same file ID for each user. My question is: is it possible for two different files with different content in two unrelated accounts to have the same file id?

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