pyrsync2 0.2.6

Description:

pyrsync2 0.2.6

This is a fork of the pyrsync package with some changes such as:


The functions blockchecksums and rsyncdelta are now generators
which make it easier to send through the network
Some unittests are added
Implementation changes (uses bytearray instead of a deque, faster hash lookup etc.)
The block size is no longer in the delta itself, it needs to be passed
to the patchstream function
Does not use try/except for programming logic


It’s a Python 3 only package!
pyrsync2 is a Python module which implements the [rsync algorithm] [1],
written in pure Python. It is not a wrapper for rsync, but a set of
functions which apply full rsync functionality through Python.
The majority of the code for this module is taken from [Eric Pruitt’s
post at ActiveState] [2]. It was orginally licensed under an [MIT license]
[3], and this license has been kept wthout modifications.

## Installation
You need to have PIP:

$ sudo pip install pyrsync2



## Use
An example use case for this module:

# On the system containing the file that needs to be patched
>>> import pyrsync2
>>> unpatched = open(“unpatched.file”, “rb”)
>>> hashes = pyrsync2.blockchecksums(unpatched)
# On the remote system after having received hashes
>>> import pyrsync2
>>> patchedfile = open(“patched.file”, “rb”)
>>> delta = pyrsync2.rsyncdelta(patchedfile, hashes)
# System with the unpatched file after receiving delta
>>> unpatched.seek(0)
>>> save_to = open(“locally-patched.file”, “wb”)
>>> pyrsync2.patchstream(unpatched, save_to, delta)

[1]: http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/ “Andrew Tridgell and Paul Mackerras. The rsync algorithm. Technical Report TR-CS-96-05, Canberra 0200 ACT, Australia, 1996.”
[2]: https://code.activestate.com/recipes/577518-rsync-algorithm/ “Rsync Algorithm (Python Recipe)”
[3]: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php “OSI MIT License”