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Herman T.1
Explorer | Level 3
4 years ago

How to search a file/folder with the name containing a hyphen ("-")?

I found that Dropbox treats hyphens as spaces when searching for a file/folder. So if I have a file named "a-b-c", it cannot be easily found because Dropbox treats the query as "a b c", which reveals...
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Herman T.1's avatar
Herman T.1
Explorer | Level 3
4 years ago

sure

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Hannah
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4 years ago
Perfect, I just sent you an email, so make sure to check your inbox, Herman. 

Have a great day!
  • FrustratedUser3's avatar
    FrustratedUser3
    Collaborator | Level 8
    2 years ago

    Is there some reason you guys always send the answers to people via email instead of posting the solutions on the forum? It is ridiculous that I have the same question, but now I have to wait for support to send me the answer that was already given to someone else.

    • Herman T.1's avatar
      Herman T.1
      Explorer | Level 3
      2 years ago

      Did you really get the answer? I actually didn't have a solution. They kept asking me to reproduce it, send them this and that logs, clear cookies, etc. It's pretty useless because it's a simple issue that they can easily reproduce in-house... 

      • FrustratedUser3's avatar
        FrustratedUser3
        Collaborator | Level 8
        2 years ago

        Of course not, lol. I should have clarified. Sorry about that.

         

        Dropbox search is a unreliable at best. My org basically doesn't use it anymore. We index the files through the API, which works 10000x better.

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