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diff --git a/network/zsync/README b/network/zsync/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e333516143 --- /dev/null +++ b/network/zsync/README @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +zsync is a file transfer program. It allows you to download a file from +a remote web server, where you have a copy of an older version of the +file on your computer already. zsync downloads only the new parts of +the file. It uses the same algorithm as rsync. + +zsync does not require any special server software or a shell account +on the remote system (rsync, in comparison, requires that you have an +rsh or ssh account, or that the remote system runs rsyncd). Instead, it +uses a control file - a .zsync file - that describes the file to be +downloaded and enables zsync to work out which blocks it needs. This +file can be created by the admin of the web server hosting the +download, and placed alongside the file to download - it is generated +once, then any downloaders with zsync can use it. Alternatively, anyone +can download the file, make a .zsync and provide it to other users. |