Re: PKZip for the AS/400 or iSeries

[Michael Ryan <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As David and Joe replied, jar will handle zipping files. There's also the
Qshell pax command, which handles other formats. But, if you need to
password protect the zip file, you'll need PkZip or the open source
equivalent.

On 4/9/05 10:47 AM, "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The "jar" utility basically performs all the functions of the ZIP
> utility, Anne.  The jar utility is available under QShell and you can
> use it for zipping and unzipping things.
> 
> There are lots of places with information on the jar utility.  Here's a
> good place to start:
> 
> http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/jar/basics/
> 
> Joe
> 
>> From: ALucas@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> 
>> Am looking for a compression tool to run on an iSeries to compress
> files
>> located in an IFS directory.  Do you know of a product that does this?