Re: PKZip for the AS/400 or iSeries

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Annie,

there's also a PKZIP vendor or 2 that runs native iSeries as well as I
recall.  Where do you want this to run at and are you only ziping ascii
files?

Don in DC



On Sat, 9 Apr 2005 ALucas@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

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> message: 5
> date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 09:40:52 -0500
> from: ALucas@xxxxxxxxxxx
> subject: PKZip for the AS/400 or iSeries
>
> Am looking for a compression tool to run on an iSeries to compress files
> located in an IFS directory.  Do you know of a product that does this?
>
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> Have a blessed day!
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> Genisys Group Inc, an IBM Business Partner
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> message: 6
> date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 09:47:19 -0500
> from: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: RE: PKZip for the AS/400 or iSeries
>
> The "jar" utility basically performs all the functions of the ZIP
> utility, Anne.  The jar utility is available under QShell and you can
> use it for zipping and unzipping things.
>
> There are lots of places with information on the jar utility.  Here's a
> good place to start:
>
> http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/jar/basics/
>
> Joe
>
> > From: ALucas@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Am looking for a compression tool to run on an iSeries to compress
> files
> > located in an IFS directory.  Do you know of a product that does this?
>
>
>
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> message: 7
> date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 09:46:06 -0500
> from: David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: Re: PKZip for the AS/400 or iSeries
>
> ALucas@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Am looking for a compression tool to run on an iSeries to compress files
>
> > located in an IFS directory.  Do you know of a product that does this?
>
> Maybe http://www.pkware.com/products/enterprise/iseries/pkz/ ?
>
> The java jar utility does ZIP compression on IFS objects also, but it
> only runs in qshell.
>
> david
>
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> message: 8
> date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 11:38:51 -0400
> from: Michael Ryan <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: Re: PKZip for the AS/400 or iSeries
>
> As David and Joe replied, jar will handle zipping files. There's also the
> Qshell pax command, which handles other formats. But, if you need to
> password protect the zip file, you'll need PkZip or the open source
> equivalent.
>
> On 4/9/05 10:47 AM, "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > The "jar" utility basically performs all the functions of the ZIP
> > utility, Anne.  The jar utility is available under QShell and you can
> > use it for zipping and unzipping things.
> >
> > There are lots of places with information on the jar utility.  Here's a
> > good place to start:
> >
> > http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/jar/basics/
> >
> > Joe
> >
> >> From: ALucas@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >>
> >> Am looking for a compression tool to run on an iSeries to compress
> > files
> >> located in an IFS directory.  Do you know of a product that does this?
>
>
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