Bzip2

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* [http://bzip.org/ bzip2 and libbzip2]
 
* [http://bzip.org/ bzip2 and libbzip2]
 
* [[7-Zip]]
 
* [[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 ==

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.

Contents

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.

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