RE: Problem with compressing a number of pdf's into a zip file

Better yet use the QSHEXEC command to call your QShell and PASE apps and capture or ignore the app output from a CL or RPG application.

This allows RPG and CL to make friends with open source apps.

The main benefit of this wrapper is to be able to integrate Qshell/Pase applications on-the-fly with standard IBM i job streams.
https://github.com/richardschoen/QshOni

Looks almost the same as STRQSH:

QSHEXEC CMDLINE('cd /directory1/sub-directory2/sub-directory3/sub-directory4/sub-directory5/ && jar cfM 20210216_141530_BOL.zip *.pdf')

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Richard Schoen
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Subject : [External] RE: Problem with compressing a number of pdf's into a zip file

From : Alan Shore via MIDRANGE-L midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

To : Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc : Alan Shore <ashore@xxxxxxxx>
Date : Wednesday, February 17, 2021 17:27

Hi Jeff
Thanks for the reply
Believe it or not - I FINALLY found something with Google search, late last night and have just finished making changes to my SQLRPGLE program My tests show that it is working AND the zip file has NO directory, sub directories etc.
FANTASTIC
However, there is a but (isn't there always) Like I said - this is in my SQLRPGLE program When it reaches the command, it literally opens up a QSH session that I have to press Enter to come out of

Anyone know of a way to suppress that from within RPGLE?



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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barron, Jeff via MIDRANGE-L
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] RE: [External] RE: Problem with compressing a number of pdf's into a zip file

Alan,

Alexei's example below has worked well for me.

STRQSH CMD('cd /directory1/sub-directory2/sub-directory3/sub-directory4/sub-directory5/ && jar cfM 20210216_141530_BOL.zip *.pdf')

cd changes the directory (duh) and the && allows the jar command to run after the cd command. Voila, you've got a zip file that's not buried in directories.