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sdesc: "Client-side implementation of the rsync algorithm" |
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ldesc: |
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a previous version of a file is available locally, zsync will only |
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download changed parts and hereby minimise the download volume. The |
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algorithm is the same as used by rsync(1), but zsync does not require |
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any server software (apart from a web server), nor does it need shell |
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access. Instead, it uses a control file (.zsync file) that describes |
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the file to be downloaded, which it uses to determine the blocks to |
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fetch. This file is created once on the server (and not for each |
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request) and sits next to actual file to download. |
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category: Net |
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