Interesting little program from http://zsync.moria.org.uk/ - any feedback? Tested on amd64 sparc64 arm.
note that it only handles single files, it's not a direct replacement for rsync. == == == zsync is a file transfer program. It allows you to download a file from a remote 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. * Client-side rsync - zsync uses the rsync algorithm, but runs it on the client side, thus avoiding the high server load associated with rsync. * Rsync over HTTP - zsync provides transfers that are nearly as efficient as rsync -z or cvsup, without the need to run a special server application. All that is needed is an HTTP/1.1-compliant web server. So it works through firewalls and on shared hosting accounts, and gives less security worries. * Handling for compressed files - rsync is ineffective on compressed files, unless they are compressed with a patched version of gzip. zsync has special handling for gzipped files, which enables update transfers of files which are distributed in compressed form.
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