Dropbox change filename encryption mode

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Hello everyone, I was wondering if there is any update to this?

https://forum.rclone.org/t/unable-to-server-side-copy-move-to-different-filename-encryption-on-dropbox/31632

Dropbox does support server side copy/move as I can copy/move non-crypted dirs just fine.

Hoping

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This should work in theory.

Net up your new crypt pointing to a new directory that isn't a subdirectory of the current crypt (that's important!). Make its setting the same except for the filename encryption.

Use the --server-side-across-configs flag and something like

rclone move -v oldcrypt: newcrypt: --server-side-across-configs

Here is a test I did which worked

[oldcrypt]
type = crypt
remote = dropbox:oldcrypt
filename_encryption = standard
password = XXX

[newcrypt]
type = crypt
remote = dropbox:newcrypt
filename_encryption = standard
password = XXX
filename_encoding = base32768

I uploaded a single test file

echo hello | rclone rcat -vv oldcrypt:hello.txt

Then server side moved it

$ rclone move --server-side-across-configs -vv oldcrypt: newcrypt:
2023/04/18 11:22:45 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.63.0-beta.6959.b87a9c835.fix-listr-performance" starting with parameters ["rclone" "move" "--server-side-across-configs" "-vv" "oldcrypt:" "newcrypt:"]
2023/04/18 11:22:45 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "oldcrypt:"
2023/04/18 11:22:45 DEBUG : Using config file from "/home/ncw/.rclone.conf"
2023/04/18 11:22:45 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "dropbox:oldcrypt"
2023/04/18 11:22:45 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "newcrypt:"
2023/04/18 11:22:45 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "dropbox:newcrypt"
2023/04/18 11:22:46 DEBUG : hello.txt: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2023/04/18 11:22:46 DEBUG : Encrypted drive 'newcrypt:': Waiting for checks to finish
2023/04/18 11:22:46 DEBUG : Encrypted drive 'newcrypt:': Waiting for transfers to finish
2023/04/18 11:22:47 INFO  : hello.txt: Moved (server-side)
2023/04/18 11:22:47 INFO  : There was nothing to transfer
2023/04/18 11:22:47 INFO  : 
Transferred:   	          6 B / 6 B, 100%, 0 B/s, ETA -
Checks:                 1 / 1, 100%
Renamed:                1
Elapsed time:         2.3s

2023/04/18 11:22:47 DEBUG : 7 go routines active
2023/04/18 11:22:47 INFO  : Dropbox root 'oldcrypt': Committing uploads - please wait...
2023/04/18 11:22:47 INFO  : Dropbox root 'newcrypt': Committing uploads - please wait...

Note the Moved (server-side) which means it was indeed a server side move.

And the file arrived safely

$ rclone cat -vv newcrypt:hello.txt
2023/04/18 11:22:51 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.63.0-beta.6959.b87a9c835.fix-listr-performance" starting with parameters ["rclone" "cat" "-vv" "newcrypt:hello.txt"]
2023/04/18 11:22:51 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "newcrypt:hello.txt"
2023/04/18 11:22:51 DEBUG : Using config file from "/home/ncw/.rclone.conf"
2023/04/18 11:22:51 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "dropbox:newcrypt/覽㕵慻Ꙁ甽ހ作騐跟"
2023/04/18 11:22:52 DEBUG : fs cache: adding new entry for parent of "dropbox:newcrypt/覽㕵慻Ꙁ甽ހ作騐跟", "dropbox:newcrypt"
hello
2023/04/18 11:22:53 DEBUG : 9 go routines active
2023/04/18 11:22:53 INFO  : Dropbox root 'newcrypt': Committing uploads - please wait...
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Great this worked. Thanks

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