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Timmys
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4 years ago

Finding File Names

When putting in a filename to find Dropbox does a similar find and returns file names that do not match. If I search for A_1_cane.pdf it will return A_2_cane.pdf and other file names. The result is I...
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Greg-DB
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4 years ago

The Dropbox API doesn't offer a strict/exact search option like that, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.

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