25 lines
1.2 KiB
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25 lines
1.2 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
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<pkgmetadata>
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<maintainer>
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<email>robbat2@gentoo.org</email>
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</maintainer>
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<longdescription lang="en">
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From the zsync web page:
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"zsync is a file transfer program. It allows you to download a file from a
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remote web server, where you have a copy of an older version of the file on your
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computer already. zsync downloads only the new parts of the file. It uses the
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same algorithm as rsync.
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zsync does not require any special server software or a shell account on the
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remote system (rsync, in comparison, requires that you have an rsh or ssh
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account, or that the remote system runs rsyncd). Instead, it uses a control file
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-- a .zsync file -- that describes the file to be downloaded and enables zsync to
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work out which blocks it needs. This file can be created by the admin of the web
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server hosting the download, and placed alongside the file to download -- it is
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generated once, then any downloaders with zsync can use it. Alternatively,
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anyone can download the file, make a .zsync and provide it to other users (this
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is what I am doing for the moment)."
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</longdescription>
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</pkgmetadata>
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