Zipping some datasets for FTP

CICS fan · Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:40 am

Hi,

I have been zipping some datasets for FTP and came across this question.
The sysin looks like:

ACTION=GZIP
MODE=TEXT
IFILE=DSN/ABC.DEF.GHJ;FILE1.TXT
ARCHIVE=DSN/ABC.DEF.GHJ.ZIP

Can anyone please explain what the FILE1.TXT part does to archiving? We are not accessing this anywhere later. We are FTP'ng ABC.DEF.GHJ.ZIP

Thanks and Regards.

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:42 am

Hi,

As never used it, so not very sure, however a little search yield this link: www.data21.com/products/zip/compression.asp ...may be you can explore through it...

CICS fan · Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:45 am

Yeah, I came across this too Anuj. Not much of help in terms of what I wanted to know.Thanks anyway. Appreciate your help.

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:23 pm

oh . . . o ..one more try: www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.2-Manual/getting-started-guide/s1-zip-tar.html

superk · Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:01 pm

My guess is that FILE1.TXT is the name of the file that you're storing within the zip archive. So, when the remote site has received the zip file ABC.DEF.GHJ.ZIP and then decompresses it, FILE1.TXT is the filename that the archive is decompressed to.