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OpenBSD 7.9 release · amd64 · Generated 2026-09-09

zsync-0.6.3

gzip-aware file mirroring over http

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Description

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.

Package information

Ports path
net/zsync
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <ports@openbsd.org>
Categories
net
Available flavors
None listed

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