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bz2 Compress File

Compress a file to the bz2 file format.

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Ruby
require 'chilkat'

success = false

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

bz2 = Chilkat::CkBz2.new()

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

print "Success." + "\n";