RE: Un-Zipping in the IFS

["Dennis Lovelady" <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We may be able to help - it might be something simple - if you describe the
issues you have with PASE and QSHELL.  Personally, I couldn't get through a
day on the i without those by my side.

Dennis Lovelady
http://www.linkedin.com/in/dennislovelady
--
"I either want less corruption, or more chance to participate in it."
        -- Ashleigh Brilliant 


> 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
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