(...) MPD would work for any text files, as long as they don't include /\n0 FILE /. One thing MPD would not provide is the mod-timestamp for each file. That could be listed at the top of the response (before the first file) or maybe in the HTTP (...) (19 years ago, 18-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
(...) The HTTP header can say when a particular file has been modified last - but not a bunch of files in one request. Again, it's already included in the tar format, as well as each file size (which can be useful to make sure your request didn't (...) (19 years ago, 18-May-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
