RE: tar Extract to AS/400 IFS -- HELP !!

["Mike savino" <mikejsavino@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for all the responses.  We ended up gunzipping on a Unix or Linux 
box, ftp'ing back to the AS400 and then tar worked just fine.

Scott -- I'll definitely be downloading the AS400 version of gunzip from the 
link you posted.

As it turns out the whole exercise may have been in vain though.  I needed 
gunzip to Extract the ant software.... needed the ant software to run an XML 
build file..... and needed the XML build file to download and build the 
iText Java PDF conversion software.  Unfortunately one of those steps 
requires the j2ee.jar file, which doesn't seem to be on our machine.  At 
least it's not amongst our other Java files as far as I can tell.  And since 
we may end up buying HelpSystems PDF conversion tool, don't know if it's 
worthwhile spending any more time on the iText product.

Anybody out there using the iText Java PDF conversion software or 
HelpSystem's TRANSFORM?  We've got Robot Reports which has the ability to 
create a PDF for a report distribution but it looks like we'll have to buy 
TRANSFORM separately if we want to convert reports ad hoc.  Sounds like 
we'll be paying extra for an API that's already on the machine if you ask 
me.  Waiting to here back from their Tech Support.

Mike

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