Re: zip file on ifs

[Krish Thirumalai <krishnithya@xxxxxxxxx>]

One more way to add to the three that Scott has listed is 

gzip from http://www.gzip.org. You could download the executable from
http://www.gzip.org/gzip-as400.zip

You can use gzip to only compress/uncompress from files on the IFS.

On 6/24/05, Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > What is the best way to zip files on the ifs?  What tools are good or is
> > there a native way in os/400?
> 
> Define "best."  Fastest? Cheapest? Has the most features? Has the best
> support?
> 
> I know of 3 ways to make ZIP files that run on the iSeries:
> 
> a) The JAR utility that comes with Java.  Very slow, and has very few
> features, but if all you need is a basic ZIP file, it works and there's a
> good chance that it's already on your iSeries.
> 
> >From a CL program, you can do:
>      STRQSH CMD('jar cMf result.zip file1 file2 file3')
> 
> 
> b) The InfoZIP program can be run in PASE. This has more features than
> JAR, runs faster, and is free.  This is what I use.  There's an article
> on the iSeries Network that explains how to set up and use it:
> http://www.iseriesnetwork.com/article.cfm?id=17815
> 
> c) PKZIP from PKWare.  They make a native iSeries version. It costs money,
> but then you get a commercially supported product. It's likely to be more
> feature-rich than the other two methods (I know it has better encryption,
> I don't know much else, though).  http://www.pkware.com
> 
> All of these solutions run on the iSeries, and all can be run
> programmatically (with no user intervention)
> 
> 
> 
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