BZIP
This extension is included in ADC 1.0, though approved and in use.
This extension adds a special file "files.xml.bz2" in the unnamed root of the
share which contains "files.xml" compressed with bzip2 1.0.3+ (www.bzip.org)
About BZIP
Advantages
- It compresses the data so as a result the download/upload times reduce, and the space used on the hard drive.
- Has a limited support for data recovery in partially damaged archives
- Simple to implement using the public open-source library
Disadvantages
- Very small performance issue when compressing/decompressing the file list
Links
- BZIP Official Homepage
- BZIP Java library from Apache Ant
- BZIP C++ Code from Boost++ Libraries
- BZIP C# Library from SharZipLib
- BZIP Library (Flowlib)
