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  1. @@@STARTPACK(bzip2;block-sorting file compressor)
  2.  
  3. <P>
  4. Bzip2  compresses  files  using the Burrows-Wheeler block-sorting
  5. text compression algorithm,  and  Huffman  coding.
  6. Compression  is  generally  considerably  better than that
  7. achieved by more conventional LZ77/LZ78-based compressors,
  8. and  approaches  the performance of the PPM family of
  9. statistical compressors.
  10. <P>
  11. The command-line options are deliberately very similar  to
  12. those of GNU Gzip, but they are not identical.
  13. </P>
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  15. @@@UW2DIST(http://www.sco.com/skunkware/uw7/shellutil/bzip2/)
  16. @@@OSR5DIST(http://www.sco.com/skunkware/osr5/shellutil/bzip2/)
  17. @@@SOURCE(http://www.muraroa.demon.co.uk/)
  18. @@@HOMEPAGE(http://www.muraroa.demon.co.uk/)
  19. @@@ENDPACK
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