Isn't that a long winder subject? In preparation for shutting down my z/OS 2.3 system, sometime this year, I am looking at options for unloading/storing both my z/OS files as well as my application data and infrastructure files. I thought of experimenting with GIMZIP. Which, for a PDS/E uses IEBCOPY to create a sequential unload and then uses pax to create a Snnnn.dsname.pax.Z file containing the unload and a GIMFAF.XML descriptive file. I can download the .pax.Z file, and using 7zip decompress it. I looked on CBTTAPE.org and found the Xmit tools, and some terse/unterse options. And tools for .aws files. I didn't find anything to process ot look at IEBCOPY unloaded files. Does such a tool exist out there.
I can of course TRANSMIT (and even AMATERSE it) before GIMZIP, or run pax outside GIMZIP. But, I'd kind of like the GIMFAF.XML file... Dave Gibney Information Technology Services Washington State University ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
