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Tom_M
Helpful | Level 6
12 years ago
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Add .dropboxignore directory to exclude folders without using selective sync

Please please please can you add a feature that allows folders to be excluded from the Dropbox account (on windows and mac). For sure I'm not the first person to request this, but I'm yet to find a g...
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sebastian_
Collaborator | Level 8
3 years ago

Hi Razvan Boxifier, Thank you for the explanation.

 

Will this work when set on a root directory so that ALL `node_modules` sub-directories ever created now, or in the future, deleted, and re-created over time will be ignored and not synced without further user action? Each of these `node_module` cache folders contain hundreds of thousands of files each and undergo regular refreshes. It's absolutely critical that Dropbox NOT process/traverse these sub-directories whatsoever.

 

If `com.dropbox.ignore` can be set at the Dropbox/ root, will you explain the exact steps for macOS? It will be such a life saver.