#!/usr/bin/env python
     # encoding: utf-8
     #
     # Copyright (c) 2008 Doug Hellmann All rights reserved.
     #
     """
     """
     
     __version__ = "$Id$"
     #end_pymotw_header
     
     import bz2
     import os
     
     output = bz2.BZ2File('example.txt.bz2', 'wb')
     try:
         output.write('Contents of the example file go here.\n')
     finally:
         output.close()
     
     os.system('file example.txt.bz2')