Re: Un-Zipping in the IFS

[Dennis <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ditto.  But if you have passwords et cetera, you may also consider running the zip utiiity, available for AIX for free, in the PASE.  That's what we do, and have done since V5R2.
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Dennis
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"John Yeung" <gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 8:18 AM, Sam_L <lennon_s_j@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I have some (large).ZIP files in the IFS that I need to unpack.  I
> can
> > can do it from my PC, but I think that will drag everything over the
> > network.  Is there some easy way to run a iSeries program to un-zip
> them?
>
> The simplest and most straightforward way, in my opinion, is to use
> the Java facilities that should be on your system.  Look into the
> QSHELL commands JAR and AJAR.  Either of those should serve your
> purposes.
>
> John
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