Problem saving a file [DROPBOX]

[jcredberry at gmail.com]

Jürgen, no, Dropbox does not allow for file extension exclusion.
Julio Rojas
jcredberry at gmail.com


On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 12:01 PM <jcredberry at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Jurgen. I will try to check if this is possible. Nevertheless,
> this is the first time it happens to me and I mostly work with Lyx.
>
> Regards,
> Julio Rojas
> jcredberry at gmail.com
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 11:35 AM Jürgen Spitzmüller <spitz at lyx.org> wrote:
>
>> Am Sonntag, den 20.09.2020, 12:27 -0400 schrieb Richard Kimberly Heck:
>> > The file #DCHT_2020_v5.lyx# looks like some kind of lockfile or
>> > tracking file that Dropbox writes (maybe hidden), though that's only
>> > a guess.
>>
>> Hm, to me, this rather looks like a LyX autosave file (as generated
>> by Buffer::getAutosaveFileName()).
>>
>> Maybe LyX attempts to remove or move that (e.g.,
>> Buffer::moveAutosaveFile() is called by Buffer::saveAs()) and Dropbox
>> does not appreciate that.
>>
>> I don't know if you can specify file patterns to ignore from Dropbox
>> syncing (as you can with nextcloud), but if so, the easisest solution
>> would probably be to exclude *.lyx# files from syncing.
>>
>> Jürgen
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