Short: Bzip xadmaster client Author: Kyzer/CSG , Julian Seward Uploader: Kyzer/CSG Type: dev/src Requires: util/arc/xadmaster.lha Architecture: m68k-amigaos --- 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.