parallel bzip2 compression utility
Using lbzip2 should be straightforward for most of users because it is fully compatible with bzip2. Additionally, lbzip2 usage is very similar to other compressors, like gzip and xz, so users of these programs should have no problems using lbzip2. There’s a chance that lbzip2 is already installed in your system. You can check this…
lbzip2 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 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. lbzip2 is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;…
What does it mean that lbzip2 is a block compressor? It means that if file being compressed is big enough lbzip2 will internally divide it into blocks of data and compresses them independently. This allows number of blocks to be processed in parallel, as well as makes it possible to recover data from partially damaged…
The latest released version of lbzip2 is 2.5. You can see its release notes or download it. If you don’t know what is lbzip2 then keep reading this introduction. If you are looking for examples how to use it then you should read quick start. If you need help, found a bug or want to request a feature then…