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Re:Dropbox Project Infinite by borski on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @03:36PM (#11574891)
Sure you can: index it once, and then stream it forevermore.
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Re:Dropbox Project Infinite by ctoshok on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @04:10PM (#11575186)
except remote contents can change
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Re:Dropbox Project Infinite by SturgeonsLaw on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @07:08PM (#11576505)
Store a hash or checksum in the index and also allow the remote API to return the hash/checksum to see if the file has changed
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