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file_copy is changing case when searching for local path
I'm writing a sync client (in Ruby) to copy a folder from local to Dropbox. My code is as follows:
file_copy(settings['local_folder'],settings['remote_folder'])
I get the following error:
in `parse_response': Path '/home/user/projects/clients/' not found (DropboxError)
This is true; that folder doesn't exist. It's '/home/user/Projects/Clients'
Is there any way to fix this *other* than renaming all of my local folders to lowercase? This is on my personal Linux machine, so in this case, it would be a hassle for all other file references and scripts I have.
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- Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
Is the path "/home/user/Projects/Clients" a local path on your machine? The file_copy method takes two parameters, both of which are supposed to be remote paths in Dropbox (not local paths), in order to copy a file or folder already in Dropbox to another location in Dropbox. They should be paths relative to the root of the Dropbox.
In order to upload files and folders, you'll need to loop through the files and call one of the methods to upload, e.g., put_file, as necessary.
Got it, thanks for clearing this up for me, Gregory.
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