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Short: Bzip xadmaster client
Author: Kyzer/CSG <kyzer@4u.net>, Julian Seward
Uploader: Kyzer/CSG <kyzer@4u.net>
Type: dev/src
Requires: util/arc/xadmaster.lha
--- About this archive ---
This archive contains 68000, 68020 and 68040 optimised versions of the
bzip client for Dirk Stoecker's XAD system - util/arc/xadmaster.lha - and
also includes the source code to this client.
To install, unpack this archive somewhere and double click on the Install
icon. The appropriate version of the client will automatically be
installed.
--- License ---
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675
Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
--- About the client ---
This client lets XAD view and extract bzip (.bz) files, but _NOT_ bzip2
(.bz2) files. bzip can only compress a single file, and cannot even
remember what filename, date or uncompressed size the compressed file had.
However, it compresses much better than gzip, which is what it intended to
replace. You are most likely to find bzip used to compress tar files
(.tar.bz or .tbz)
bzip is mostly the work of Julian Seward, and is an implementation of the
Burrows-Wheeler block sorting compression algorithim, using MTF and
arithmetic coding as other stages in compression.