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The problem I noticed was that it took nearly six times as long to FTP a
database file from the 400 to a text file in the IFS on the same machine
than it did to FTP the same database file to a text file on my PC.  The
zipping comes after the conversion to a text file.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Dow [mailto:pcdow@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 10:35 AM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: ftp to the ifs from a database file
>
>
> Hi Joel,
>
> Is it faster from the PC because you've zipped it up first?
> How much does
> zipping compress the file? 50% or more? So it takes twice as
> long from the
> 400 as from the PC? If that's the case, try using the jar
> program on the 400
> to compress it into the IFS, for example:
>
>     qsh
>     jar cvf /home/pdow/test.jar
> /qsys.lib/pdows.lib/source.file/addvlle.mbr
>     adding: qsys.lib/pdows.lib/source.file/addvlle.mbr
> (in=1900) (out=336)
> (deflated 82%)
>
> Then FTP it from the IFS.
>
> hth,
> Peter Dow
> Dow Software Services, Inc.
> 909 425-0194 voice
> 909 425-0196 fax
>


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