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Feedback on the new desktop app "ignore files" feature.
@Daphne that's great news! I look forward to trying it out.
But it would also be nice to have a configuration file, like ".dropboxignore", to list paths or patterns to exclude. The reason is that e...
ccd1 , another user suggested a good change, ive updated the REG code to include it, it adds support for directories or files containing [ or ] characters, in case you want to update it to the new version, installing the update should be as simple as copying the new code and running the reg again.
Im glad its useful to people, I know id be going mad and killing someone if I didnt have this and I had to manually type every file/folder I need to ignore with random generated names all over the drive on 172 machines.
For those using Unity, here is an editor script I made to automatically set the ignore attribute on startup:
using System.Diagnostics;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEditor;
[InitializeOnLoad]
public class EditorStartup
{
//to make sure Temp folder doesn't get synced to Dropbox. Make sure Temp is deleted on Dropbox online
//Temp folder gets deleted by Unity so the extended attributes need to be set every time
static EditorStartup()
{
//when recompiling scripts this will get called again. check to make sure we only do this on actual editor start
if (EditorApplication.timeSinceStartup > 60) return;
//UnityEngine.Debug.Log("Editor startup script");
#if UNITY_EDITOR
if (Application.platform == RuntimePlatform.OSXEditor)
{
Process.Start("xattr", "-w com.dropbox.ignored 1 Temp");
UnityEngine.Debug.Log("xattr -w com.dropbox.ignored 1 Temp");
}
else if (Application.platform == RuntimePlatform.WindowsEditor)
{
Process.Start("PowerShell", "Set-Content -Path Temp -Stream com.dropbox.ignored -Value 1");
UnityEngine.Debug.Log("PowerShell Set-Content -Path Temp -Stream com.dropbox.ignored -Value 1");
}
#endif
}
}
