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WebDAV Plugin compare by content

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Sometimes i have to compare directory content between a local and a remote folder. This fails with WebDAV plugin 2.9. I see only a question-mark. However, if i compare that files with WinMerge i see that both files have different content. Since not all WebDAV Servers support it to preserve the timestamp, the timestamp is not a usable compare parameter in that case.

Could you please support for compare the content in that plugin please?
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Total Commander would have to download all the files just to compare them. With FTP, I use functions to get a checksum (if available) and compare it with the checksum of the local file. WebDAV doesn't have that in the standard. Some servers may return a checksum in the HTTP header. Also owncloud supports oc:checksum in the file listing. But there is no fixed standard.
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I understand. Is the checksum available, when i use instead SFTP (SCP)?
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Yes, if the shell supports one of the following commands:
md5sum
sha1sum
sha256sum
sha512sum

If not, you need to install it.
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