| Name : bzip2
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| Version : 1.0.4
| Vendor : ALT Linux Team
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| Release : alt3
| Date : 2007-05-18 15:34:25
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| Group : Archiving/Compression
| Source RPM : bzip2-1.0.4-alt3.src.rpm
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| Size : 0.07 MB
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| Packager : Dmitry V_ Levin < ldv_altlinux_org>
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| Summary : Extremely powerful file compression utility
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Description :
bzip2 is a freely available, patent-free, high quality data compressor.
bzip2 compresses files using the Burrows-Wheeler block sorting
text compression algorithm and Huffman coding. Compression is
generally considerably better than that achieved by more conventional
LZ77/LZ78-based compressors (such as gzip), and approaches the performance
of the PPM family of statistical compressors. bzip2 is by far not the
fastest compression utility, but it does strike a balance between speed
and compression capability.
The command-line options are deliberately very similar to those of
GNU Gzip, but they are not identical.
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