Correct the 'sharelink' description in the Linux commands documentation

FeRDNYC

The table at https://help.dropbox.com/installs/linux-commands#What-Linux-commands-are-available-on-Dropbox says, about the sharelink command:

sharelink
dropbox sharelink FILE
This prints out a shared link for FILE.

• FILE Absolute path to FILE

...But that's not correct. FILE doesn't have to be an absolute path, it can be any path (relative or absolute) that points to a file in the Dropbox folder. For example:

• dropbox sharelink $HOME/Dropbox/MyDocument.odt

  Outputs a share link like

  https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/$IDENTIFIER1/MyDocument.odt?rlkey=$IDENTIFIER2&dl=0

• cd $HOME/Dropbox
  dropbox sharelink MyDocument.odt

  Outputs the same share link
  
  

• cd $HOME
  dropbox sharelink Dropbox/MyDocument.odt

  Still the same share link as the previous two commands

 

(Also, side note, what's the point of providing a post editor with the ability to insert tables and code snippets, if this is going to happen when we hit "Publish"?)

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Hannah

Hey @FeRDNYC, thanks for posting to our Community.

We appreciate your feedback and you taking the time to let us know about this.

I've alerted the team and the page will be updated appropriately.

Thanks again.