There are choices. These are just the ones I have at hand and I am sure there are others. I don't think anyone has mentioned SLiKZiP, ZIP/390, or MegaCryption all viable alternatives to PKWARE.
Freeware Info-Zip http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/Zip.html#MVS Mini-Zip included in REVIEW convenience pack http://www.prycroft6.com.au/REVIEW/index.html See PDS members MINIUNZ & MINIZIP and minizip.txt note in documentation. Commercial SLiKZiP by ASE http://www.slikzip.com/ ZIP/390 by Data21 http://www.data21.com/products/zip/reports.asp?zip=390 MegaCryption/MVS offers zip and gzip compression features starting with version 5.3 http://www.megacryption.cc/ SecureZIP and PKZIP by PKWARE http://www.pkware.com/business_and_developers/security/zseries/ In dealing with vendors remember everything is negotiable. Consider to join ISVCOSTS to discuss T&C's, vendor pricing, competitive products with others users without vendor participation. John Anderson (IBM) no-vendors-allowed discussion list for open discussion by IBM customers of ISV cost issues. http://www.can.ibm.com/isvcosts/ Good Luck! Best Regards, Sam Knutson, GEICO Performance and Availability Management mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (office) 301.986.3574 A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip. - Caskie Stinnett -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Pelletier Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 1:44 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: ZIP SOFTWARE for Mainframe Does anyone know of any software/freeware for the frame that will zip a file? We are OS390 V2R10. Once again thanks to the group in advance. Bob Pelletier Connecticut Student Loan Foundation Rocky Hill, Connecticut <> ==================== This email/fax message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this email/fax is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy all paper and electronic copies of the original message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
