Hi: My understanding is that one a file was compressed with z/EDC is it is like a .zip file and reading it unzips it. Is the above is wrong, please correct me. If no, let's continue ....
Suppose I do have a huge file which I will compress with z/EDC on my disk and I want to FTP it to another clever mainframe customer that is also running z/OS and also bought a z/EDC card. If I send the file directly using FTP, I guess my FTP will decompress the file before sending it, and the target customer will compress it again, wasting both CPU and bandwidth. Is there a way to read the "z/EDC compressed" file without expanding while reading it ? If yes, can it be transmitted with FTP ? If it were a .zip file I'm sure I wouldn't unzip it before sending it ... Thanks in advance for any ideas. Mauri. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
