Create .bz2 (BZip2) Compressed File

Compress a file to create a .bz2 compressed file.

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Chilkat.Bz2 bz2 = new Chilkat.Bz2();

bool success;

//  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
success = bz2.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial.");
if (success != true) {
    MessageBox.Show(bz2.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Any type of file may be compressed.
//  The .bz2 file format is not an archive.  Only a single
//  file may be compressed.  It is for this reason that you'll
//  often see TAR files compressed with BZip2 (i.e. a file
//  ending in .tar.bz2.

//  This example will compress an XML file.
//  The 1st arg is the file to compress, the 2nd arg is
//  the output (.bz2) filename.
success = bz2.CompressFile("hamlet.xml","hamlet.xml.bz2");
if (success != true) {
    MessageBox.Show(bz2.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  There is no limitation on the size of files that may be compressed.
MessageBox.Show("Success!");