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> Would you mind explaining why rsync is a better solution?

rsync basically chunks the files and sends the missing (or differing) chunks over scp, leaves the files in the destination directory if something fails, it is more or less an automated tool that already does what the GP is talking about.

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> it is more or less an automated tool that already does what the GP is talking about.

But requires someone to be comfortable using a CLI.

But that 'someone' is someone who is already running a Bash script and re-running it each time an error occurs. So I don't see the problem here about using a CLI.

For technically capable people there are certainly lot's of good options for sending lots of data fast. We are just trying to make a service that makes this more accessible and requires no setup. As a side note we are currently working on an API and we intend to integrate with rsync so it can be used to upload content to our network.

I read it as "I'm running a bash script for someone else so they can pick it up from a server", not "my employee who has this issue created a bash script"...maybe I misinterpreted.

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