Re: Un-Zipping in the IFS

[Sam_L <lennon_s_j@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

It looks like our Pase environment is also screwed up (something wasn't 
done correctly on the 6.1 install it seems.)  I tried the zip/unzip 
utility from easy400.com and that would not work either.

And I was running out of time, you I went with what I knew.

Sam

On 11/1/2011 8:05 PM, Scott Klement wrote:
> hi Sam,
>
> Please consider using InfoZip (the zip/unzip utilities typically found
> on Unix/Linux/AIX machines) or 7-Zip. These utilities work great on IBM
> i, and support most (if not all) of the Zip capabilities. (But, 7-zip
> can be a challenge to install and get working.)
>
> JAR runs really slow in my experience, and only supports a subset of
> Zip's capabilities. I've had a lot of trouble with JAR, and can't
> recommend it. (I must be an idiot, because every time this question
> comes up -- and it comes up frequently -- tons of people recommend JAR.
> And I hate it.)
>
> Info-Zip:
> http://systeminetwork.com/article/make-zip-files-iseries
>
> The AIXPDSLIB described in the preceding link is no longer available,
> but the files can be found here:
> http://www.computer-refuge.org/classiccmp/aixpdslib/pub/
>
> 7-Zip:
> http://www.scottklement.com/p7zip/
> http://systeminetwork.com/article/7-zip-running-i