Hi CB, I didn't know yet that bz2 is a command as well. I was just wondering about the extension. For example, on windows you can make zip files, with but not with a program called zip. I should have know better though, because when I think it over now, in unix you have a tar command to make tar files, and gzip to make gz files. Thanks anyway. I know about man. Man is a great learning source each day now. Paul. On Feb 8, 2012, at 5:33 PM, Chris Blouch wrote:
> You can answer some questions about commands by going to the terminal and > using the manual pages. In this case you would do > > man bz2 > > which gives you a bit of info followed by how to use the bz2 command. In the > instructions they have a link to > > http://www.bzip.org/ > > which also gives you details. Summary is, as you expected, it's another file > compressor although they claim much faster compression and uncompression > speeds among other advantages. Disadvantage is that it's not as popular so if > you send a bzip file to someone else they might not know what to do with it. > > CB > > On 2/8/12 9:25 AM, Paul Erkens wrote: >> Dear listers, >> Subject says it all. How is bz2 different from zip? Can you generalize it by >> saying that bz2 is simply another file compression format like rar etc? In >> which cases is bz2 generally used? >> Paul. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
