Create .bz2 (BZip2) Compressed File

Compress a file to create a .bz2 compressed file.

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require 'rubygems'
require 'chilkat'

bz2 = Chilkat::CkBz2.new()

#  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
success = bz2.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial.")
if (success != true)
    print bz2.lastErrorText() + "\n"
    exit
end

#  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)
    print bz2.lastErrorText() + "\n"
    exit
end

#  There is no limitation on the size of files that may be compressed.
print "Success!" + "\n"