Re: QShell script to archive files

Hello Bala,

For what purpose are you archiving the files? What are the files that you are archiving? Why did you decide to do this using QShell instead of conventional means?

For example... if you are using this for system recovery, you really want to use the SAV CL command for stream files & directories, the SAVDLO command for folders and documents, and the SAVOBJ/SAVLIB commands for everything else. But if you do that, the result can only be restored to an IBM i system -- which makes sense for system recovery.

But do you want to use this for system recovery? Or do you want to archive data for the purposes of transmitting it to another system over a network? In that case, the SAVxxx commands probably aren't what you're looking for -- you're probably going to want to use JAR, ZIP or TAR.

Unless you need to copy IBM i specific object types like *PGM, *DTAARA, *USRPRF, etc.... in which case, you're back to needing to use the SAV commands.

So we really can't answer your question until we understand what you're looking for.


Bala Rajamani wrote:

Hello,

I'm looking for a Qshell script to archive files on a sub-directory based on
certain time-frame. I understand Qshell has limited UNIX commands to
operate. Wondering it would be possible to achieve that using a QShell
script?

Thanks in advance,
Bala.