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Richard T. S.
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10 years ago

Dropbox .NET CreateFolderAsync fails for Top level folder.

The code is simple: The mClient is logged in to access my APP folder. public async Task<FolderMetadata> CreateFolder(String DBPath) {       return await mClient.Files.CreateFolderAsync(DBPath); ...
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Greg-DB
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10 years ago

Only the root path itself should omit the "/", that is, you represent root by the empty string: ".

Any non-root path should include the "/", that is, these are valid paths: "/Status/New Folder" and "/New Folder", but "New Folder" isn't.

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