inefficient: --checksum calculation shouldn't be done for new files

Carlos Carvalho carlos at fisica.ufpr.br
Sat Jul 2 18:46:39 MDT 2011


When --checksum is used they're calculated in both ends to see if the
file should be transfered. This is of course not necessary if the file
doesn't exist in the destination. However, the checksum is still
calculated by the sender, which is often a very large overhead.

Would it be possible to avoid it?


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