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GZIP (Compression / Decrompression) in CICS environment

  • 1.  GZIP (Compression / Decrompression) in CICS environment

    Posted Thu March 25, 2021 12:41 PM
    I need to perform GZIP (Compression / Decrompression) in CICS environment, is there a callable service or something to do this?

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    Renato Almeida de Brito
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  • 2.  RE: GZIP (Compression / Decrompression) in CICS environment

    Posted Thu March 25, 2021 01:17 PM

    Hi, Renato,

    gzip-1.3.12 compiles on z/OS with:

    ./configure CC=xlc CFLAGS=-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600 -DO_BINARY=0 -DO_NOFOLLOW=0 -DS_ IRWXUGO=65535


    Additionally, Rocket Software are offering gzip and libz readily compiled:

    https://www.rocketsoftware.com/zos-open-source/tools

    Yours,
    VB.



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