Bzip

File Format
Name	bzip
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Compression bzip
Extension(s)	.bz
PRONOM	x-fmt/267
Released	1996

bzip is a file compression utility and compressed file format. It was only in use for a brief period of time before being replaced by its successor, bzip2.

Identification

Files begin with ASCII characters "BZ0".

Software

• bzip-0.15.tar.gz
• bzip-0.21.tar.gz
• XAD framework

Sample files

The bzip source distribution includes some sample files.