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Christian D.
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Link breaks on file update. How to avoid?

Sharing links to files that may be updated is an important functionality. There are several discussions on the subject (at least this one and this one). Unfortunately, the problem persists (and these...
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Christian D.
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Any update on this? When, on a website, I create a link <a href="./some_file.pdf">The PDF</a>, the link points to "some_file.pdf", regardless how I update it on the server. Now, I'd like href to point to "some_file.pdf" somewhere on my dropbox, regardless of how I update the said file. Seems reasonable, no?

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Rich
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3 years ago
Christian D. wrote:

Now, I'd like href to point to "some_file.pdf" somewhere on my dropbox, regardless of how I update the said file. Seems reasonable, no?

No, it depends on how the file is updated. If, during the update, the file is first deleted and then replaced with a new file, the link will be deleted along with the original file. In order to retain the link, the file needs to be replaced without first being deleted.

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