Information about the package, pysendfile, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pysendfile package is designed for, Python interface to the sendfile(2) system call.
Package Name:
pysendfile
Summary:
Python interface to the sendfile(2) system call
Description:
sendfile(2) is a system call which provides a "zero-copy" way of copying data from one file descriptor to another (a socket). The phrase "zero-copy" refers to the fact that all of the copying of data between the two descriptors is done entirely by the kernel, with no copying of data into user-space buffers. This is particularly useful when sending a file over a socket (e.g. FTP).
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.0.0
Release:
3.el6
Size:
9.3 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the pysendfile package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pysendfile
This command will install pysendfile on the server.
yum remove pysendfile
This command will un-install pysendfile on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pysendfile, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pysendfile
This command will un-install pysendfile on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove pysendfile when using the -y flag.
yum update pysendfile
This command will update pysendfile to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pysendfile, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pysendfile
This command will update pysendfile to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove pysendfile when using the -y flag.
yum info pysendfile
This command will show you core information about the pysendfile package.
yum deplist pysendfile
This command will show you the dependencies for pysendfile. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update pysendfile
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pysendfile. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.