Renaming a file is creating a copy in dropbox .NET SDK

SuryaMopuru

When i try to rename file i see in dropbox a copy being created rather than just a name change.

 

This is how i am trying to achieve this:

using (var dbx = new DropboxClient(RefreshToken,Appkey,Appsecret))
{
var updated = await dbx.Files.UploadAsync(
"/" + remoteUrl,
mode:WriteMode.Overwrite.Instance,
body: fileStream);

remoteUrl: dropbox folder path. Ex: /Backup/Notes/

I have specified writemode as overwrite but still a duplicate is getting created rather than just renaming. Is there any way to handle this?

 

 

Greg-DB

The UploadAsync method is for uploading a file (whether a new file or a new version of an existing file). If you want to rename an existing file you should use MoveV2Async instead. That takes a fromPath for the existing path (including file name) of the existing file to move or rename, and toPath for the new path (including file name) that you want the file to have instead.