.bz2 file extension

.bz2

Bzip2 compressed file.

.bz2 compressed files are common on Unix systems. This is perhaps because the utility for creating and decompressing them is normally included as standard on most Unix systems.

For more information see:

• www.bzip.org - bzip2 for Unix systems, including source code.
• http://sources.redhat.com/bzip2 - bzip2 home page.
• www.7-zip.org - Z-Zip, which is free and open source, can be used to decompress .bz2 files.

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