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borski on April 26, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Dropbox Project Infinite

Sure you can: index it once, and then stream it forevermore.

ctoshok on April 26, 2016 [–]

except remote contents can change

SturgeonsLaw on April 26, 2016 | [–]

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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