From 5f3672102cdcd906890f7eb00e7316ccb92b71f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Craig-Wood Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2021 16:18:29 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] s3: add --s3-no-head to reducing costs docs - Fixes #2163 --- docs/content/s3.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/content/s3.md b/docs/content/s3.md index e634e5de6..f75ec58cb 100644 --- a/docs/content/s3.md +++ b/docs/content/s3.md @@ -342,6 +342,16 @@ You'd then do a full `rclone sync` less often. Note that `--fast-list` isn't required in the top-up sync. +#### Avoiding HEAD requests after PUT + +By default rclone will HEAD every object it uploads. It does this to +check the object got uploaded correctly. + +You can disable this with the [--s3-no-head](#s3-no-head) option - see +there for more details. + +Setting this flag increases the chance for undetected upload failures. + ### Hashes ### For small objects which weren't uploaded as multipart uploads (objects