On Fri 07 Feb 2020 at 16:57:59 (-0500), Stefan Monnier wrote: > > I'm not aware that there's a faster way of sending the files once > > you've unpacked the archive locally. After all, you've thrown away the > > benefits of compression and aggregation. > > rsync? Sure, if you're updating a tree. But AIUI the OP is transferring a kernel source archive from scratch. Cheers, David.