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Offline vinnie

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What is the file tcz.zsync?
« on: August 25, 2011, 08:38:30 PM »
Looking on the forum I realized that serves to "speed up" the download of a package, but how?
Someone explain it to me in detail?
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Re: What is the file tcz.zsync?
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2011, 08:41:54 PM »
google zsync

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Re: What is the file tcz.zsync?
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2011, 08:48:48 PM »
I use zsync many years ago to upgrade an debian iso, you're telling me that does the same thing for every package?.

P.s. for example: If I put only a immage.png in a package,  If an update it, it will download only the new image inside?
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Re: What is the file tcz.zsync?
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2011, 09:53:30 PM »
... If I put only a immage.png in a package,  If an update it, it will download only the new image inside? ...
NOPE!

But if the extension file (which is a SquashFS archive) is changed only a bit, and not in its entirety, then 'zsync' will only download the changed segments of the extension file and re-use those that are already locally available.

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Re: What is the file tcz.zsync?
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2011, 07:53:04 AM »
Today I updated seamonkey, it seemed that they were downloaded only 15mb of 25
was due to zsync?