# bzip2

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2010
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This handbook describes the bzip2 protocol.

TDE
bzip2
protocol

Bzip2 is a compression program.

The bzip2 tdeioslave is not directly usable, and is intended for use as a filter. For example, the tar tdeioslave can filter a file through the bzip2 tdeioslave, in order to display the contents of a `tar.bz2` file directly in a &konqueror; window.

If you click on a file compressed with a `.bz2` in &konqueror;, this tdeioslave is used to uncompress it and display it as a normal (uncompressed) file.

Read the man page: bzip2.