Re: QShell script to archive files

[Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.