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petal
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago

some questions about write mode

Hi:     It seems that dropbox handle files when there is a conflict like this: If one file in dropbox is being updated by multiple devices, some conflicting copies will be created, and users should...
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Greg-DB
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5 years ago

If you use "overwrite", an existing file will be replaced by the new data. If you use "add", an existing file will not be replaced by the new data.

 

You don't actually need multiple devices to test this. You can just run multiple API calls from one place. I recommend using the API v2 Explorer to test this out. (You can even open it in multiple windows/tabs if you want.)

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petal
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago

Thanks a lot. I will try

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