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Hi |
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Francesco Riosa wrote: |
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> <quote> |
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> zsync is a file transfer program. It allows you to download a file from |
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> a remote web server, where you have a copy of an older version of the |
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> file on your computer already. zsync downloads only the new parts of the |
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> file. It uses the same algorithm as rsync <http://rsync.samba.org/>. |
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> zsync does not require any special server software or a shell account on |
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> the remote system (rsync, in comparison, requires that you have an rsh |
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> or ssh account, or that the remote system runs rsyncd). Instead, it uses |
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> a control file — a |.zsync| file — that describes the file to be |
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> downloaded and enables zsync to work out which blocks it needs. This |
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> file can be created by the admin of the web server hosting the download, |
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> and placed alongside the file to download — it is generated once, then |
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> any downloaders with zsync can use it. Alternatively, anyone can |
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> download the file, make a .zsync and provide it to other users (this is |
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> what I am doing for the moment). |
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> zsync is currently no more than an alpha. I have tried to make it quite |
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> verbose, so it is clear what it is doing, and the checksum verification |
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> and file handling are designed to minimise the risk of it losing any |
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> data. It works well enough for me. |
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> </quote> |
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And where is the benefit beside mirrors don't need to have a running |
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rsync? If it uses exactly the same algorithm for finding the |
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differences, users won't download less. |
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Or did I get it completely wrong? |
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Greetings, |
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blubb |
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