Thanks to all who responded. I was unable to use the JAR suggestion because of some Java setup problem on the backup machine. (Hopefully the upgrade to 7.1 will fix that.)

So I ended up unzipping on the PC.

Sam

On 11/1/2011 10:50 AM, Gary Thompson wrote:

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.


This thread ...

Follow-Ups:

Follow On AppleNews
Return to Archive home page | Return to MIDRANGE.COM home page

This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2026 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact [javascript protected email address].

Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.