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I'm unable to sync a file using a slash between my Linux desktop apps.

WaltHaas

I have Dropbox installed on two Fedora 44 Linux systems, syncing between them. Most files sync fine, but when I create a file like this:

cat > foo\\bar
test
^D

then

dropbox filestatus foo\\bar
foo\bar: unsyncable

That filename works fine for everything else, but Dropbox doesn't like it. Isn't this a Dropbox bug?

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Nancy

Hi @WaltHaas, and thanks for posting on our forum.

Do you mean that the backslash ( \ ) is part of some of your files’ name? If yes, I’m afraid that it can’t be synced to Dropbox, like some other characters mentioned here.

If I’ve misunderstood something though, please let me know.

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Nancy

WaltHaas

Thank you. I don't use Microsoft products, but after posting my question remembered that they use \ as a directory separator. I'll use the Unicode character ⟍ instead. I had not noticed the article about character limitations, I just assumed that today everybody supported UTF-8. My bad.

Megan

Hey @WaltHaas!

No problem at all. Yes, I agree that it's best to rename some of your files to have them sync without any of those special characters.

If you need anything else, please let me know and I will be more than happy to help every step of the way.