# Bzip2

Bzip2 is a freely available, patent-free, high-quality data compressor. It provides significantly better compression than traditional gzip compressors, especially for text files, by using the Burrows-Wheeler block sorting text compression algorithm combined with Huffman coding.

## Features

- High compression ratio, particularly effective on text files
- Patent-free implementation
- Cross-platform compatibility
- Recovery tool for damaged compressed files
- Standard Unix-style command-line interface

## Included Programs

- **bzip2**: Compresses files using the Burrows-Wheeler algorithm
- **bunzip2**: Decompresses bzip2 compressed files (link to bzip2)
- **bzcat**: Decompresses files to standard output
- **bzip2recover**: Attempts to recover data from damaged bzip2 files
- **bzgrep, bzegrep, bzfgrep**: Search within bzip2 compressed files
- **bzdiff, bzcmp**: Compare bzip2 compressed files
- **bzmore, bzless**: View bzip2 compressed files

## Library

- **libbz2**: Shared library providing bzip2 compression and decompression functions for other applications

## Installation Notes

This package follows the Linux From Scratch installation guidelines, including:
- Installation of shared library with proper symlinks
- Relative symbolic links for portability
- Documentation installation
- Removal of unnecessary static library

## Usage Examples

```bash
# Compress a file
bzip2 myfile.txt

# Decompress a file
bunzip2 myfile.txt.bz2

# View compressed file without decompressing
bzcat myfile.txt.bz2

# Search within compressed files
bzgrep "pattern" logfile.bz2