InterForm400 contains a lot of extra commands, that you would not expect from such an application, but it can actually help you in your daily work in more manners, that you may have thought. If you e.g. want to save and restore a library, then InterForm400 even offers commands to help you with that:
RSTLIBFLR Restore Library from Folder SAVLIBSTMF Save library into stream file SAVLIB2FLR Save Library into Folder
The commands ZIP and UNZIP are also included:
ZIP ZIP stream file(s) UNZIP UNZIP to current directory
The Zip command can e.g. be used if you want to send a large file to a remote destination directly from the System i. The Unzip command can e.g. be used to unzip a received zip file directly on the System i. This command creates a new zip file, My_File.zip, and saves all stream files in the /apf3812home/view directory into it:
APF3812/ZIP ARCHIVE('/apf3812home/work/My_File.zip') CREATE(*CREATE) CURDIR('/apf3812home/view') FROMSTMF(*)
This command unzips the InterForm400.zip file into the /apf3812home/work directory:
APF3812/UNZIP ARCHIVE('/apf3812home/work/interform400.zip') CURDIR('/apf3812home/work')
Refer to the InterForm400 manual for detailed descriptions of these commands.
Re: The InterForm400 commands of the month: Save/Restore and Zip
Thanks for the tip, Kim.