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Article #3807Re: (U) Re: UNZIP program for VM?
From: Richard W Wiggins
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1992 16:37
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1992 16:37
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>..... PKZIP and friends are utilities for the PC >environment, where, IMHO, the file system is featureless. > >A PKZIP implementation for VM would be mostly useless except for handling >PC-type files on the mainframe. Actually, John, I think a bidirectional ZIP tool for the VM host could be quite useful. We've had customers who needed to move data from 9 track tapes to their PCs from time to time. The best solution is to FTP straight to the PC, but if the user doesn't have Ethernet connectivity, ZIPing the data in chunks on the mainframe, then downloading the ZIP files, is far more efficient use of slow comm lines. I mention this on the list John, in the (perhaps vain) hope that a chorus will arise convincing you to do it. :-) /Rich Wiggins, Michigan State U
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ab65,dc09ee85c2ea6458 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ab65,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-01-29 09:33:05 PST Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!paladin.american.edu!auvm!MSU.BITNET!RWWMAINT Message-ID: <VM-UTIL%92012912013835@OHSTVMA.IRCC.OHIO-STATE.EDU> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.vm-util Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1992 11:37:45 EST Sender: VM Utilities Discussion List <VM-UTIL@OHSTVMA.BITNET> From: Richard W Wiggins <RWWMAINT@MSU.BITNET> Subject: Re: (U) Re: UNZIP program for VM? In-Reply-To: Message of Wed, 29 Jan 1992 09:11:51 EST from <FISHER@RPIECS>