Re: Un-Zipping in the IFS

[Gary Thompson <GThompson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sam 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?

I just returned from vacation and am late, but did not see other 
responses that included an example, so here is something
I have recently used on our system i :

1) from a system i command line, start qshell:

        strqsh

2) from the QSH Command Entry screen, 
     change to the IFS directory from which
     you want to extract or expand your archives:

        cd/mydir

3) from the QSH Command Entry screen,
     enter the command to extract archive 
     file contents:

        jar xf myarcfile.zip

Note: I use System i Navigator to copy/move files to
            the IFS, and to see the results of the extract, but
            DSPF, CPY, MOV, etc work from the green screen.