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'''bzip2''' is a [[compression]] format.
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'''bzip2''' is a data compression algorithm and compressed file format.
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== Identification ==
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Files begin with bytes <code>42 5A 68 ?? 31 41 59 26 53 59</code>.
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Note that part of the signature is a [[Binary-coded decimal|BCD]] representation of the digits of π.
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== Software ==
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* [http://bzip.org/ bzip2 and libbzip2]
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* [[7-Zip]]
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== Sample files ==
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* https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/archive/bz2/sm.tar.bz2
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
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* [[Burrows–Wheeler transform]]
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* [[bzip]]
  
* [[Wikipedia:bzip2]]
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== Links ==
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* [[Wikipedia:Bzip2|Wikipedia article]]
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* [https://twitter.com/angealbertini/status/537704386080694274/photo/1 Chart of format details]
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* [https://lwn.net/Articles/762264/ bzip.org changes hands]

Revision as of 20:02, 26 July 2020

File Format
Name bzip2
Ontology
Extension(s) .bz2
MIME Type(s) application/x-bzip2
PRONOM x-fmt/268
Released 1997

bzip2 is a data compression algorithm and compressed file format.

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Identification

Files begin with bytes 42 5A 68 ?? 31 41 59 26 53 59.

Note that part of the signature is a BCD representation of the digits of π.

Software

Sample files

See also

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