README400
1 ZLIB version 1.2.11 for OS/400 installation instructions
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31) Download and unpack the zlib tarball to some IFS directory.
4 (i.e.: /path/to/the/zlib/ifs/source/directory)
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6 If the installed IFS command suppors gzip format, this is straightforward,
7else you have to unpack first to some directory on a system supporting it,
8then move the whole directory to the IFS via the network (via SMB or FTP).
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102) Edit the configuration parameters in the compilation script.
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12 EDTF STMF('/path/to/the/zlib/ifs/source/directory/os400/make.sh')
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14Tune the parameters according to your needs if not matching the defaults.
15Save the file and exit after edition.
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173) Enter qshell, then work in the zlib OS/400 specific directory.
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19 QSH
20 cd /path/to/the/zlib/ifs/source/directory/os400
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224) Compile and install
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24 sh make.sh
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26The script will:
27- create the libraries, objects and IFS directories for the zlib environment,
28- compile all modules,
29- create a service program,
30- create a static and a dynamic binding directory,
31- install header files for C/C++ and for ILE/RPG, both for compilation in
32 DB2 and IFS environments.
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34That's all.
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37Notes: For OS/400 ILE RPG programmers, a /copy member defining the ZLIB
38 API prototypes for ILE RPG can be found in ZLIB/H(ZLIB.INC).
39 In the ILE environment, the same definitions are available from
40 file zlib.inc located in the same IFS include directory as the
41 C/C++ header files.
42 Please read comments in this member for more information.
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44 Remember that most foreign textual data are ASCII coded: this
45 implementation does not handle conversion from/to ASCII, so
46 text data code conversions must be done explicitely.
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48 Mainly for the reason above, always open zipped files in binary mode.
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