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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.
-