Re: AS/400 & Native Zip Eng

[Patrick Townsend <townsend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nina,

We regularly use zipped save files to transport AS/400 objects over the
Internet and have never had a problem. In fact, that's how we distribute
trials of our products from our web site. What zip utility are you
using? I've used WinZip for a long time and haven't had a problem. And
I've never seen a lock up on a PC. I think you should be able to do what
you want with save files and zip.

Patrick

nina jones wrote:
> 
> > As for a zip routine on teh IFS, why not just plain ole standard PKZIP or
> > WINZIP?  IFF you're thinking of ziping as/400 objects (other than data),
> > you're better to crtsavf, savobj/savlib>savf, then ftp...it's my
> > understanding that this zip util does a conversion to ascii...which for
> > pgm/system obj's and packed data is a problem...but then, I'm just
> > starting to look at this...
> 
> how interesting!  i've been working on that very same thing this weekend!
> sending some files over the internet, and the best way to do it.
> 
> i tried creating a save file, then ftping it to the p/c, zipping it, and
> unzipping it.  the unzipping locks up the p/c, so i guess that's not an 
>option!
> 
> compressing the save file helps some, but not as much as pkzip.  but i guess 
>that
> will have to do....
> 
> nj

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