• A_A@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    For ordinary folks :
    Changing the name of such folders breaks “sharing”. This means that (external) access is then blocked.

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        4 days ago

        Literally a thing that uses a file path. Did you think shortcuts pointed at some kind of hidden identifier? Nope! Change the folder name, you change the path, and you break the link.

        Same thing happens with URLs

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          And that’s why most (all?) things that are well-designed to provide external access have permalinks. Dropbox, Google, OneDrive…