Question : COMPRESS FILES ON THE FLY USING FTP

Is it possible to compress data on the fly as it is FTP'ed from an IBM Mainframe to a Windows FTP Server. We
are trying to avoid the extra step of having to WINZIP the very large file on the FTP sever once the upload is done
from the HOST.


Is there a command in FTP that allows compression on the fly?

Answer : COMPRESS FILES ON THE FLY USING FTP

Hi,
As mentioned above compatibility no problem, make sure you do a binary ftp - add switch to info I gave above.

Another alternative to FTP is SAMBA

www.samba.org

You can then use any Windows zip programme.

Cheers
Ian