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Frank P E.'s avatar
Frank P E.
Collaborator | Level 8
2 months ago

Do I need to manually make a file online-only again, after making it offline to edit it?

Just to confirm – 

On windows Dropbox uses symlink to make a reference to a file when “smart sync” is in effect — so on the first access to that file, the DB (windows) client will fetch the file from dropbox.com.  Once the file is downloaded to the client, I can then process the file.  

After I finish processing the file, is it by design that it remains on the client, so if I want to free up the space, what would I have to do to free up the space that the file is using? 

Now other cloud storage systems like Gmail/GDrive and pcloud use a virtual drive so that unless I set cache or local folder that file is just in the cloud.

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  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
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    Hey Frank P E., welcome back.

    What you mention sounds correct indeed; if you make a file available offline, edit it and then, you want to make it online-only again, you’ll need to change its status manually (with the steps that are mentioned here). 

    I’ll be here, if you need something else.

    • Frank P E.'s avatar
      Frank P E.
      Collaborator | Level 8

      thanks for confirming that --- so there is no "automatic" way  have the file resided only in the cloud? 

      • Frank P E.'s avatar
        Frank P E.
        Collaborator | Level 8

        so if there is no automatic way to do this the pcloud/gdrive model is a better schema