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Is PKZIP/SecureZIP for z/OS cross-platform compatible?

April 26, 2017compatible cross-platform OS pkzip securezip

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Is PKZIP/SecureZIP for z/OS cross-platform compatible?

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A ZIP archive can be transferred from one platform to another and can be decompressed or modified by a copy of PKZIP or PKUNZIP that is running on that platform. The internal format of a ZIP archive is identical no matter which platform compressed the files that it contains. To ensure compatibility, ZIP archives must be created by PKZIP 2.50 running on MS-DOS or PKZIP version 5 or higher on other platforms. If you wish to transfer data across platforms using any other version of PKZIP or SecureZIP, you should check with your supplier first to confirm that your versions of PKZIP/SecureZIP are compatible. Please also note that the PKZIP DCL products are not compatible with the PKZIP 2.50 for MS-DOS or PKZIP/SecureZIP version 8 products.