Linux: Alternative to rsync? (ie, scp with resume)

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I've been using rsync to automatically send files from one box to another, which is great compared to scp, since it supports resuming. However, when resuming a very large file (>10gb) rsync has to read both files and compare them, which is very slow.

I don't need fancy error handling, just "scp with resume", so here's my question:

Is there an alternative to rsync/scp, that supports resuming without having to read both source and destination files?

I've read the manuals without finding anything I can use, please let me know if I've missed something. This is the rsync line I've been using:

rsync -av --partial --progress --inplace SRC DST

Best Answer

You could try the --append option of rsync since it sounds like you want to base the resumption on the sizes of the two files rather than verifying that their contents match.

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