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Robert B.59's avatar
Robert B.59
Explorer | Level 4
8 months ago

With a Dropbox shared link, is there a way to change the content without changing the URL link?

Suppose I create a 'read only' shared link for a file.

Anyone who has the URL link can access the contents of the file

but cannot modify the contents of the file.  Now suppose I give

the URL link to 500 people.  I want those people to be able

to read not only the current content of the link but also all

future content of that link.  The content will change 3 times

a week and must not change the URL link.  It would be total chaos

if these 500 people had to receive a new link 3 times each week

in order to view the new contents of the file.

 

 

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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    8 months ago

    As long as you replace the file identically (i.e. open and save the file in Word, for example, on your computer and just hit SAVE) it will just update. If you delete it first, however, then the link would break. 

    A better work around, more stable, is to share a link to a folder and update / edit files inside that :)

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