I should have mentioned that GIMZIP is really only for transport to another z/OS system, not to anything else. I don't know about the ubiquity of Java on z/OS or the familiarity (or lack thereof) with the jar command. I can't judge based on my shop because we are firmly set in a 1980s (or earlier) mind set. Even the Windows people seem to be "non current" to a great extent.
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 7:42 AM, Paul Gilmartin <paulgboul...@aim.com>wrote: > On Fri, 21 Jun 2013 07:12:08 -0500, John McKown wrote: > > >In addition, for true ZIP file output, remember that the Java "jar" > command > >actually reads and writes zip files. Unfortunately, it only supports z/OS > >UNIX files, not legacy z/OS data sets. Whether this is a bother or not > >depends on what the "far end" wants to do with the zip file contents. > > Is having Java installed (and being comfortable with "jar" typical in > z/OS installations? > > >For the truly advanced person, GIMZIP is a very powerful way to package > up z/OS > >legacy data sets (sequential, PDS, and VSAM) as well as UNIX resident > files. > > > >http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/gimrfr40/11.7 > > > Its output is an EBCDIC XML file describing a collection of compressed > (POSIX, not gzip) tar files each containing an EBCDIC XML control file > and an IEBCOPY-unloaded image (RECFM=VBS with BDWs and RDWs > but no block boundaries) of a PDS(E). If the original data were anything > other than PDS(E)s, they will have been encoded with the GIMDTS > utility (supplied) which format is extracted only by SMP/E APPLY. > > Portability? It all depends on whether the intended recipient has > access to SMP/E and is authorized to perform an APPLY (APAR IO11698). > > (I might misunderstand. Have you used it otherwise?) > > -- gil > -- This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. If this had been an actual emergency, do you really think we'd stick around to tell you? Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
