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		pjc50 on Aug 10, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ending support for Dropbox syncing to drives with ... There has never been a network file system that really worked for this use case - detached operation by average users. The nearest we ever got was WebDAV.

krylon on Aug 10, 2018 [–]

I thought AndrewFS was supposed to cover that case. But I have to admit I never saw it in action, so this is hearsay at best.

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