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Tiny Core Base => TCB Q&A Forum => Topic started by: vinnie on August 25, 2011, 08:38:30 PM

Title: What is the file tcz.zsync?
Post by: vinnie 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?

Title: Re: What is the file tcz.zsync?
Post by: gerald_clark on August 25, 2011, 08:41:54 PM

google zsync

Title: Re: What is the file tcz.zsync?
Post by: vinnie 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?

Title: Re: What is the file tcz.zsync?
Post by: maro on August 25, 2011, 09:53:30 PM

Quote from: vinnie on August 25, 2011, 08:48:48 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.

Title: Re: What is the file tcz.zsync?
Post by: vinnie 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?