diff --git a/bigfiles b/bigfiles
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# bigfiles - a system for getting big files to the server efficiently
+# part of ejv2.cc -- by Ethan Marshall in 2024
+
+REMOTEHOST="ejv2.cc" \
+	LOCALDIR=${LOCALDIR:-"big"} \
+	REMOTECACHE=${REMOTECACHE:-"/usr/share/bigfiles"} \
+	REMOTEDIR=${REMOTEDIR:-"/var/www/html"} \
+	./bigfiles.awk bigfiles.tsv
diff --git a/bigfiles.awk b/bigfiles.awk
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+#!/usr/bin/awk -f
+#
+# bigfiles - a system for getting big files to the server efficiently
+# part of ejv2.cc -- by Ethan Marshall in 2024
+#
+# You usually don't want to call this directly; use the wrapper script for
+# convenience!
+#
+# Bigfiles parses a TSV file containing a list in the format:
+# <localpath> <remotepath>
+# If remotepath ends in a slash, it is assumed to be a directory and the
+# localpath filename is appended to it.
+#
+# Relies upon rsync for file uploading.
+#
+# TODO:
+# 	- Perhaps we should buffer lots of file copies into the same rsync call?
+
+# Returns truthy if a remotely cached copy exists on the remote.
+# Cached copies are stored by storing in REMOTECACHE under their intended remote path.
+# These copies are then copied on the remote when needed.
+function is_cached(path)
+{
+	return system("ssh " REMOTEHOST " stat " REMOTECACHE "/" path " >/dev/null 2>&1") == 0;
+}
+
+# Uses rsync with some flags to copy src to dest on REMOTEHOST.
+# Returns truthy on success.
+function rsyncit(src, dest)
+{
+	return system("rsync --mkpath -zP " src " " REMOTEHOST ":" dest) == 0;
+}
+
+# Copies files around on REMOTEHOST using ssh.
+# Returns truthy on success.
+function cpit(src, dest)
+{
+	return system("ssh " REMOTEHOST " cp " src " " dest) == 0;
+}
+
+BEGIN {
+	VERSION = "v1.0";
+	LOCALDIR = ENVIRON["LOCALDIR"];
+	REMOTEDIR = ENVIRON["REMOTEDIR"];
+	REMOTECACHE = ENVIRON["REMOTECACHE"];
+	REMOTEHOST = ENVIRON["REMOTEHOST"];
+	NOCACHE = ENVIRON["NOCACHE"] != "";
+
+	done = 0
+	cached = 0
+	total = 0
+
+	if (REMOTEHOST == "") {
+		print "bigfiles -- must specify remote host to copy to";
+		exit 1;
+	}
+
+	printf("bigfiles %s: host=%s, local=%s, remote=%s\n", VERSION, REMOTEHOST, LOCALDIR, REMOTEDIR);
+	if (system("ssh " REMOTEHOST " uname -a") != 0) {
+		print "bigfiles -- remote host", REMOTEHOST, "did not respond over ssh";
+		exit 1;
+	}
+	printf("\n");
+}
+
+# Comments are lines which begin with a hash literal
+# Ignore them
+/^#/ || /^$/ {
+	next;
+}
+
+# Every other line is a file record to copy
+{
+	was_cached = 0;
+	total++;
+
+	localfile = LOCALDIR "/" $1;
+	fullpath = $2
+	if (fullpath ~ /\/$/) {
+		fullpath = fullpath $1;
+	}
+	cachefile = REMOTECACHE "/" fullpath;
+	destfile = REMOTEDIR "/" fullpath;
+
+	printf("file=%s, dest=%s... ", localfile, REMOTEDIR);
+	if (is_cached(fullpath)) {
+		was_cached = 1;
+		printf("[CACHED]\n");
+	} else {
+		printf("[NEW]\n");
+		if (!rsyncit(localfile, cachefile)) {
+			next;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (cpit(cachefile, destfile)) {
+		done++;
+		if (was_cached) {
+			cached++;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+END {
+	printf("done: %d success (%d cached, %d new), %d failed, %d total\n", done, cached, done - cached, total - done, total);
+}
+
+# vim: ft=awk
diff --git a/bigfiles.tsv b/bigfiles.tsv
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+# bigfiles - a system for getting big files to the server efficiently
+# part of ejv2.cc -- by Ethan Marshall in 2024
+#
+# This is the data file.
+# Format is <local filename> <remote path>
+# If <remote path> is a directory IT MUST END WITH A SLASH!
+#
+# See environment variables for where these are relative to.
+
+join-castaway.mp4	blog/making-of-join-castaway/
+join-castaway.webm	blog/making-of-join-castaway/
diff --git a/siteupdate b/siteupdate
index ecb302b..8808338 100755
--- a/siteupdate
+++ b/siteupdate
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@ rm -rf public/
 hugo
 
 ssh root@ejv2.cc rm -rf /var/www/html/
-rsync -r public/ ejv2.cc:/var/www/html/
+rsync -zr public/ ejv2.cc:/var/www/html/
+
+./bigfiles