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Perlbotics
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Perhaps, you should check first if your script runs the pure Perl implementation which is pretty slow.
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A first indicationt that you are running the pure Perl version would be that the following script outputs a proper version number:
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$PATH_TO_YOUR_PERL_BIN/perl -MDigest::MD5 -e 'print "MD5 PP ver. = $Digest::Perl::MD5::VERSION\n";'
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If it outputs no version number, you're likely running the XS version that is a wrapper to a fast C implementation.
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<strong>Update:</strong> Perhaps, you can achieve the same effect using [man://rsync]? Seems, it can operate on <c>--device</c>s too.
<blockquote>This option causes rsync to transfer character and block device files to the remote system to recreate these devices. ...</blockquote>
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