Tarfile .bz2

[Yu-Xi Lim]

Jordan wrote:
> So that would explain why a tar.bz2 archive can't be appended to
> wouldn't it...  And also explain why winrar was so slow to open it (not
> something I mentioned before, but definitely noticed).  I had wondered
> what it was that made bz2 so much better at compression than zip and
> rar.  Not really on topic anymore but what's the method for tar.gz? And
> even more off the topic, does anyone know a good lossless compression
> method for images (mainly .jpg and .png)?

You can get the same effect from RAR and other formats (ACE, 7z) by 
using the "Solid Archive" or similar option. Ideally, you'd be 
compressing lots of similar files for this to be effective. The actual 
compression ratios of RAR and bz2 can be pretty similar when done this way.