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From: Matt Mullins <mokomull@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: stupid cp(1) behaviour
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On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 3:28 AM, Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org> wrote:
> implement a new -N switch or so which isn't based on a file's existance, but a
> file's checksum.

You can always use net/rsync, which does by default compare checksums.
--
Matt Mullins