Good idea. A PR would be welcome. If you have access to rsync, it effectively does this. it is a *much* faster alternative to FTP.
On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 7:15 AM Karen K <[email protected]> wrote: > From the logs of the web server I realize that huge amounts of data are > uploaded that did not change. Today I looked into the code of the FTP > uploader. I saw that some kind of check is included which file needs to be > uploaded and which not. This is done by comparing the file timestamp. > > As the Cheetah generator re-creates a file every time it runs, > unfortunately the file timestamp does not say anything whether the file > content changed or not. > > So I wonder whether it it would be better to calculate a hash of the file > contents and use that hash instead of file timestamp to decide about upload. > > The actual FTP Uploader does already maintain a file containing the file > names of the uploaded files. So, may be, it is not that big step to include > a hash into that file for comparison reasons. > > An example for a file that seldom changes is the about page. It only > changes if an update of WeeWX or some skin was installed for the version > number. Other examples are imprint, privacy statement, FAQs, or other > general information. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "weewx-development" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/1282406b-4ce2-46bb-a0ae-4c47d68e9d28n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/1282406b-4ce2-46bb-a0ae-4c47d68e9d28n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-development" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-development/CAPq0zECvGedUCJSs9W%2B8N%2BX6r%3DRSEkGg3gNwfATOkQfx7TNCBg%40mail.gmail.com.
