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Old 07-08-2015
How to use zip command in AIX?
hi

i am not able to use zip command in aix.
getting below error
Code:
zip abc.zip
ksh: zip:  not found.

Code:
 oslevel 
5.3.0.0

# 2  
Old 07-09-2015
The command zip is not an AIX supplied command by default. You could use compress or install a GNU or other zip tool. There may be some on the other install media you received initially.

If you are looking for commercial strength, then PKWare have one but there are plenty of free ones I'm sure.

What are you planning to do with the file? WinZip will recognise a compressed tar file built like this:-
Code:
tar -cvf - . | compress > /path/my.tar.Z



Can you tell us more about the purpose of creating these files and what you plan to do with them, now or later?



Robin
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Old 07-09-2015
you can download it from the site IBM AIX Toolbox for Linux Applications - Alphabetical Listing and install with rpm -i if you have root rights
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Old 07-09-2015
hi Rbatte1

thanks for your reply.
i want to compress file with .zip extension
# 5  
Old 07-10-2015
Hello scriptor,

You can call a compressed file anything you like by renaming it from the .Z that is created by default.

The real question remains though: What do you want to do with the file? That is still more important than the name.
What is the purpose of the .zip file? Is it only to be extracted on AIX again or read elsewhere?



Robin
 
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