From: Doug Kaufman <dkaufman AT rahul DOT net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: bzip2-0.9.5d port for djgpp
Date: 20 Oct 1999 04:47:11 GMT
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In <Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 991019101911 DOT 12301J-100000 AT is> Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> writes:


>Doesn't bzip2 record the original name in the compressed one, like
>gzip does?  If it does, then the original name should be restored.

No. There is no provision to record the original name. It adds .bz2 to
the original name on compression and removes it on decompression. The
compressed file is given the same permissions as the original as the
method of recording permissions.
                              Doug
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