Date:         Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:40:50 -0600
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Subject:      Re: Zip on z/OS Mainframe
Comments: To: OS2 Rules <dan_doyle@cibcmellon.com>
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I found PKZIP for z/OS.

http://tinyurl.com/2kglwo

I think the question is does your z/OS installation have ZIP.

I used to run IBM utilities as PROCs
PROC IEBUPTDE;

Try PROC ZIP and see what kind of messages you get.

On Jan 28, 2008 9:27 AM, OS2 Rules <dan_doyle@cibcmellon.com> wrote:
> Hi All:
>
> The subject line says it all: anyone know how to zip a file on a z/OS
> system?
>
> For all you old mainframers - what I want to do is zip a PDS file
> (selected members) into a sequential file and then transmit (ftp) that
> file to our UNIX server.  Once on the UNIX box, I will then unzip the
> file.
>