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bz2 Compress File

Compress a file to the bz2 file format.

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C++
#include <CkBz2.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    //  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    //  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkBz2 bz2;

    //  Compress the file qa_data/hamlet.xml to create qa_output/hamlet.bz2
    success = bz2.CompressFile("qa_data/hamlet.xml","qa_output/hamlet.bz2");
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << bz2.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << "Success." << "\r\n";
    }