Why does my VMS UnZip say “too many parameters” and do nothing but print the usage screen for me?
UnZip (and Zip, and all of the other Info-ZIP utilities) must be set up as a VMS foreign command, as noted in the README.VMS file included with our VMS distributions. Add some lines similar to the following to your LOGIN.COM file: $ unzip == “$disk:[dir]unzip.exe” $ zipinfo == “$disk:[dir]unzip.exe “”-Z””” …where “disk” and “dir” refer to the true disk and directory where unzip.exe is located. The “$” before the disk name is important; i.e., don’t delete it. All of the quotes in the ZipInfo line are necessary, too, so don’t delete any of them, either. Finally, run UnZip just as on any other system (see FAQ #2). Do not type “run” before the command.
