> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Kirk Wolf > Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 2:03 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: INFOZIP >2Gb > > I agree. bzip2 or gzip seem like much better choices than zip. > AFAIK, zip files have a "directory" at the end of the archive with a > pointer to the "end" at the very beginning. This might explain why > unzip is failing with pipes or special files.
The jar command, which process what really is a .zip file, specifically says that it can do an eXtract from stdin. It can also output to stdout. Example (from Linux) === [john.mck...@it-mckownjohn2 ~]$ jar c base.init.plsql.bkup >x.zip [john.mck...@it-mckownjohn2 ~]$ cat x.zip | jar t META-INF/ META-INF/MANIFEST.MF base.init.plsql.bkup === I don't know if this means that the jar command, in this instance, buffers the entire file in memory or not. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
