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Automation deleting most of the name of a file
Device
Online dropbox automation
Question or Issue
I have set up an automation that first renames and then moves files from a folders subfolder. The renaming is supposed to just add "_note" to the file name. The problem is that in addition to adding _note, it removes most of the file name and all my files get the name "ai_note" instead of the original "something. something_ai"
Here is the automation:
Here are the results in the other folder:
Here is the file history showing that the start of the file name was removed and replaced by just the last word (AI).
2 Replies
- Jay
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hi oyvindbs, thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Do all of the initial files have _AI.txt as the ending part of the filename?
I used the same automation on a sample folder, and didn't experience the same issue you had.
Do you have any other automations on that folder, or the parent folder?
This will help me to assist further!
I think it was related to the renaming part (adding _note to the file name). I removed it (since you reminded me that every file had the "AI"-part anyway and started moving files without renaming. Now it seems to work (fingers crossed).
Thanks for the help!
