File names of input files which doing PKZIP

pnkumar83 · New User Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Posts: 4 Location: Westlake

I am transmitting few files via FTP to a unix server from mainframe. Currently I put the file name that will be used at unix server. Now I am trying the zip the files using PKZIP. When the file is unzipped in unix server the last qualifier of the file is used as file name. Is there a way to change this while zipping so that the file names will remain same as earlier.

dick scherrer · Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:49 am

Hello and welcome to the forums,

This does not look like a cobol topic, so i've moved it to the "Other Mainframe Topics" part of the forum.

Please post an example of what is happening and what you would rather have happen. I'm not sure i understand the requirement.

pnkumar83 · New User Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Posts: 4 Location: Westlake

Currently I am sending the files via FTP in the following way

<ip address>
<user name>
<password>
put 'mainfram.file.name1' FILE1
put 'mainfram.file.name2' FILE2
quit

Now I want to zip the files and FTP the zip file to server. The server is going to unzip the file and start processing. I am using PKZIP. The problem is when I zip them and when the server unzips it, the files are being saved as NAME1 and NAME2 (Basically the last qualifier of the mainframe file). I want to know if I can mention the file name as FILE1 and FILE2 while zipping so that when the server unzips it, the files get saved as FILE1 and FILE2 only.

Devzee · Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 9:56 am

In PKZIP there is option to give file name.
Just try that

pnkumar83 · New User Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Posts: 4 Location: Westlake

Actually I tried a lot. Can you please give me the syntax if possible?

Devzee · Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 10:16 am

Have you checked the manual?

-NIA (*,NEWNAMEXYZK.TXT)

Name the UnZipped file =NEWNAMEXYZ.TXT

pnkumar83 · New User Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Posts: 4 Location: Westlake

I was refering to old manual and so I did not find. This worked. Thank you very much.