Re: batch-capable zip OS/400 freeware

[Martin Rowe <martin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 26 July 2002 7:20 am, Orr, Rod wrote:
> I'm looking for OS/400 freeware to zip IFS files and can run in batch
> mode. Have looked at GZIP and ZLIB programs for OS/400 but they don't
> handle requirements for batch
> Also looked at IBM developer tools
>
> Need:
>
> callable from ILE CL/RPG with return code parameter ( or OS400
> messaging) no interactive requirements (printf scanf etc)
> v. basic zip functions (just name of zip file and name of file(s) to
> add) prefer multiple files in zip file
> compatible to PC zip pgms
> preferably an unzip function (pgm or option)
> preferably compatible with V4R3 upwards
>
> Rod Orr

Does QSH CMD('jar -cfM myzip.zip file1 file2 file3') not do the trick for
you? I use it in batch to create zip files of reports for email
distribution to Windows users, and it works fine. Start a QShell session
and just type  jar  to get the list of the options & syntax.

Regards, Martin
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