bzip2 is a freely available, patent free, high-quality data compressor tool. It typically compresses files to within 10% to 15% of the best available techniques (the PPM family of statistical compressors), whilst being around twice as fast at compression and six times faster at decompression. It is available for both Windows and Linux.
To use Fast-DL or Fast-Download in counter strike servers, we need to compress the files in .bz2 format before uploading them on web server. This tool serves this purpose and very handy for faster compression.
Requirements :
To compress files using bzip2 in windows, just drag & drop single or multiple files on bzip2.exe. It will automatically compress all the files in .bz2 format.
For example: If you drag & drop de_dust2.bsp file on bzip2.exe. It will compress it and the output file will be de_dust2.bsp.bz2
How To Install (Linux) :
How To Use (Linux) :
Credits :
To use Fast-DL or Fast-Download in counter strike servers, we need to compress the files in .bz2 format before uploading them on web server. This tool serves this purpose and very handy for faster compression.
Requirements :
- None
- Download the bzip2.zip file attached to this post.
- Extract anywhere on your PC.
- Now this tool is ready to use.
To compress files using bzip2 in windows, just drag & drop single or multiple files on bzip2.exe. It will automatically compress all the files in .bz2 format.
For example: If you drag & drop de_dust2.bsp file on bzip2.exe. It will compress it and the output file will be de_dust2.bsp.bz2
How To Install (Linux) :
Bash:
# Debian/Ubuntu
apt update
apt install bzip2
# RHEL/CentOS
yum update
yum install bzip2
Bash:
# Compress a single file
bzip2 de_dust2.bsp
# Compress multiple files at once, specify as many as you want
bzip2 de_dust2.bsp $2000$.bsp awp_lego_2.bsp
# Compress all files in a folder at once
for file in *; do echo "Compressing $file..."; bzip2 $file; echo "Compressed $file to bz2."; done
# See the file list
ls
- GNU Win32
- bzip2.org