Re: extracting "*.pax.Z" without USS

2023-09-09 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sat, 9 Sep 2023 09:50:06 -0400, william giannelli wrote: >I downloaded the files to my laptop. but they didnt appear as "zipped" file >with the .Z > What OS? That's probably more important than the hardware. >I tried renaming the file with a ".zip" extension but that made the file >unreadable

Re: z/OSMF and the Old Timer

2023-09-09 Thread Tom Longfellow
Thanks Kurt.Using Indirect Cataloging did the job for my Target SYSRES datasets. z/OSMF no longer complains. However, this is the first creation of my Dlibs from the Portable Software Instance. They are also intended to have the same names that have been around for (almost) ever. Presen

Re: extracting "*.pax.Z" without USS

2023-09-09 Thread Grant Taylor
On 9/9/23 8:50 AM, william giannelli wrote: I tried renaming the file with a ".zip" extension but that made the file unreadable. That's because ".Z" is "compress(ed)" file format which is different than ".zip" which is "zip" file format. They are two very different things. .Z is not just a

Re: extracting "*.pax.Z" without USS

2023-09-09 Thread Mike Schwab
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pax_(command) PAX was on Windows NT and 2000. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install Linux on Windows is available. On Sat, Sep 9, 2023 at 8:50 AM william giannelli wrote: > > I downloaded the files to my laptop. but they didnt appear as "zipped" file

Re: extracting "*.pax.Z" without USS

2023-09-09 Thread Mike Schwab
https://www.lbdsoftware.com/omvs.html Does any of this help? Maybe he can write something? On Sat, Sep 9, 2023 at 8:50 AM william giannelli wrote: > > I downloaded the files to my laptop. but they didnt appear as "zipped" file > with the .Z > I tried renaming the file with a ".zip" extension but

Re: extracting "*.pax.Z" without USS

2023-09-09 Thread Colin Paice
On Linux *pax -r -z -f Downloads/HAMB3B0.nonsmpe.pax.Z* unzipped it for me. Some of the z/OS pax options set the attribute bits - such as APF authorised etc, so this may not work if you unzip off z/OS and FTP them up. Colin On Sat, 9 Sept 2023 at 14:50, william giannelli wrote: > I downloa

Re: Setup Filezila for MF to PC transfers

2023-09-09 Thread IBM user
Filezilla works quite well for me. Give it a try: Just define two sites in the Filezilla Sitemanager for the host: one called "host-A-DSN" with Filezilla - Advanced - Servertype = "MVS, OS/390, z/OS" and another called "host-A-USS" with Filezilla - Advanced - Servertype = "Unix" I don't k

Re: extracting "*.pax.Z" without USS

2023-09-09 Thread Rob Schramm
Try 7zip or WinRAR. Default windows won't do it. Rob On Sat, Sep 9, 2023, 09:50 william giannelli wrote: > I downloaded the files to my laptop. but they didnt appear as "zipped" file > with the .Z > I tried renaming the file with a ".zip" extension but that made the file > unreadable. > > On S

Re: extracting "*.pax.Z" without USS

2023-09-09 Thread william giannelli
I downloaded the files to my laptop. but they didnt appear as "zipped" file with the .Z I tried renaming the file with a ".zip" extension but that made the file unreadable. On Sat, Sep 9, 2023 at 9:36 AM Paul Gilmartin < 042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Sat, 9 Sep 2023

Re: extracting "*.pax.Z" without USS

2023-09-09 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sat, 9 Sep 2023 07:19:52 -0500, Bill Giannelli wrote: >I currently do not have access to USS and need to extract *.PAX.Z files. >Can I upload as a regular file and extract it without using USS? > Probably not. Would a desktop solution be acceptable? Perhaps WinZip or Linux "pax -z". No acces

extracting "*.pax.Z" without USS

2023-09-09 Thread Bill Giannelli
I currently do not have access to USS and need to extract *.PAX.Z files. Can I upload as a regular file and extract it without using USS? thanks Bill -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: Setup Filezila for MF to PC transfers

2023-09-09 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 8 Sep 2023 22:27:14 -0400, IBM user wrote: > >For MVS datasets the server type needs to be MVS and you need to define a Site >for your host. >Likewise you will need a separate Site for USS files. Use Server Type = Unix. > Ouch. I had thought there was a SITE command that conditions the MV