For those who might know what the output of the 7z command-line tool means, the first thing reported by 7z for that IBM archive is this:
7-Zip [64] 9.20 Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov 2010-11-18 Listing archive: zOS-V2R2-Collection-k4t4949b.zip -- Path = zOS-V2R2-Collection-k4t4949b.zip Type = 7z Method = LZMA BCJ Solid = + Blocks = 2 Physical Size = 1118615712 Headers Size = 10765 Note the type says it is "7z", not "zip". I used the same command on a file I know for a fact is in zip format: 7-Zip [64] 9.20 Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov 2010-11-18 Listing archive: XXXXXXXX.ZIP -- Path = XXXXXXXX.ZIP Type = zip Physical Size = 130303 Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gord Tomlin Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 4:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: k4t4949b (September 2016 refresh of the z/OS 2.2 manuals) <Snipped> You can use 7-Zip to show the archive type, for example: 7z l -slt F:\winzip\example.zip You might want to redirect the command output, since you are dealing with a large archive, and the command output will likely be large. -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
