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Re: Downloading zip folder creates duplicate but empty folders

Downloading zip folder creates duplicate but empty folders

deeuu
Explorer | Level 4
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Hi,

 

When downloading a zip folder (via both the browser and Python SDK), the resulting folder contains both the correct sub-folders and files, but also a duplicate of the parent folder where all sub-folders are lowercased and empty, e.g. If I zip a folder called 'FOLDER', I get:

 

FOLDER (correct)

  / SUBFOLDER (correct)

    / FILE (correct)

folder (shouldn't be here)

  / subfolder (shouldn't be here and has no children)

 

I think this is related to this issue

 

Any thoughts?

 

Thank you

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Philminh
Explorer | Level 4
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I just tried with a windows 10 computer and its default zip extraction and it works (no duplication)

Sure you can reach me at my dropbox email.

Daphne
Dropbox Staff
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Hey @Philminh, just following up here!

I've reached out to the email linked with your Community profile. Please just check your inbox when you have a moment and we can take it from there.

Thanks!


Daphne
Community Moderator @ Dropbox
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Rombout V.
Helpful | Level 5
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I had the same issue quite a while back. Eventuelly we found out it was the app called BetterZip i used for unzipping. If you use Keka or Unarchive Utility i wont happen.

What app did you use for the Zip extraction? I dont believe i saw you guys talk about that

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