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> They also have a (complex and potentially error-prone) way to look into .gz files and sync them extremely efficiently even without gzip --rsyncable. FWIW, th
by JNRowe 8y ago
> They also have a (complex and potentially error-prone) way to look into .gz files and sync them extremely efficiently even without gzip --rsyncable.
FWIW, the last release of `zsync` predates `gzip --rsyncable` by about six years¹.
> People should feel free to ask me any questions
"Thanks" isn't a question, but thanks for creating `redo` and the great articles. I always seem to come out of them having learnt something new, and often end up rabbit holed in the interesting side topics that are raised too.
1. http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gzip.git/tree/NEWS#n74 http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gzip.git/tree/NEWS#n74
- apenwarr 8y agoYou're welcome :) The zsync docs clearly talk about "gzip --rsync", which I guess must have been an earlier version of "gzip --rsyncable".