Sounds right Steve, I stopped to use my FM DB on Dropbox Regards Pedro On 27/07/10 2:48, "Steve Cassidy" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Pedro > > I don't really know what a symbolic link is, but I guess it's some kind of > shortcut. > > That would simply point from the dropbox folder on your work computer to the > folder where the actual database file is, right? > > You still have a copy of the database file at wherever the symbolic link > points to. Then you also have a copy of the file on the dropbox server. And > probably you have a copy on your second computer. > > I don't know much about dropbox, but I'm reasonably certain it does not > provide for one computer opening a file that resides on another. It copies the > files (seamlessly) across the internet. And in any situation where you get > multiple copies of files, particularly database files, you have to be VERY > careful about which one you use to enter and view data. > > I'm guessing this is the root of your problem. > > Steve > > > On Jul 27, 2010, at 12:49 AM, Pedro Perdomo-Miteff wrote: > >> Hi Steve, >> >> I had read again your post and there is something I don't understand well. >> You said that "using Dropbox with two computers there are at least three >> copies of the file". >> >> But I'm using a "symbolic link", that, AFAIK is in fact an "alias" of the DB >> and not a real copy... >> >> I'm now more confussed :( >> >> >> Best