What is the business mission? Doesn't sound like Infozip is the right tool for the job as very few files systems can handle a file that size.
Just glancing at the maximums for various file systems, I'd say that 2gb is a practical limit. If this file is for use only on z/os, then I'd suggest SMS compression. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Vikesh Bhoola Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 9:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: INFOZIP >2Gb Hi there listers, I've searched the archives of previous posts on the subject in the hope someone has experienced the same problem. However I only managed few statements that perhaps indicate that INFOZIP has a 2Gb limit. The file we need to zip actually has: 15,694,524,498 Bytes The INFOZIP ZIP JCL completes with RC=0 and the following info : Translating to ASCII... adding: xxxx/yy/zzz/ONCEOFF1.A000001 (in=2821109409) (out=1028850252) (deflate total bytes=2,821,109,409 compressed=1,028,850,252 -> 64% savings The INFOZIP job doesn't give any error message indicating that it couldn't manage zipping the 14.6Gb file. 1. Is it correct that INFOZIP has a 2Gb limit which prevents this. Should the job not have given an error message? Does anyone have a work-around for the 2Gb limit in INFOZIP ? 2. Is there anyway to avoid the file xxx.yy.zzz.ONCEOFF1.A000001 being stored in the ZIP file as xxxx/yy/zzz/ONCEOFF1.A000001 We are running z/OS 1.9 & Copyright (C) 1990-1999 Info-ZIP Type 'zip "-L"' for software license. Zip 2.3 (November 29th 1999). Your advice on the above issues is most appreciated. Kind Regards, Vikesh Please Note: This email and its contents are subject to our email legal notice which can be viewed at http://www.sars.gov.za/Email_Disclaimer.pdf ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
