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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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