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kripler
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How to unzip a mainframe file ..

Post by kripler » Sat Feb 07, 2015 6:01 am

Hi ,

- I compressed a mainframe data set using PKZIP utility.
- FTPed this data set from mainframe host to my local (runs windows)
- How do I un-compress this file in windows? (I tried using WINZIP, 7ZIP but no luck :(

Please help me out.
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Post by chaat » Sun Feb 08, 2015 2:49 am

i've done this many times it should work.

did you remember to ftp the zip file as BINARY ? if not that is the problem.
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