GZIP/400™ is a port of the GNU GZIP Utility, customized for the IBM AS/400.  This version uses the typical UNIX-style syntax.  GZIP400 is executed from the AS/400's command line.

• Great for compressing AS/400 SAVFILES!

• Unzips files that were compressed using the GNU Gzip Utility.

• Zips AS/400 files that can be decompressed using the GNU Gzip Utility.

A  license for GZip/400™ must be purchased to use this product.

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Installation

1. Download the AS/400 Savefile http://www.exportventures.com/pub/gzip400.zipto a personal computer.  This file is approximately 100 KB.

2. Unzip this file on the personal computer.  This will create an AS/400 savefile named GZIP400.

3. Create a temporary library named XTEMP using the AS/400 command:

    CRTLIB LIB(XTEMP)

4. Create a temporary save file on the AS/400 named GZIP400 in the library named XTEMP using the AS/400 command:

    CRTSAVF FILE(XTEMP/GZIP400)

5. In binary mode, FTP the personal computer's file GZIP400 to your AS/400's temporary savefile named GZIP400.

6. Restore the library GZIP400 from the save file GZIP400 using the AS/400 command:

    RSTLIB SAVLIB(GZIP400) DEV(*SAVF) SAVF(XTEMP/GZIP400)

7. Use the AS/400 command STRPDM to review and complete the setup instructions in the file GZIP400/README.

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