Making a VMS .ZIP Archive

$ ZIP/LEVEL=9/VMS archive_name filespec

“archive_name” need not include a filetype extension, defaults to .ZIP (Caveat: Beware of logical names!)

“filespec” can include wild-cards

If path is wild-carded, ZIP will recurse directories.Example: [...]*.*

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To make a .ZIP archive for VMS, invoke the Zip program using the /VMS qualifier. This will preserve all RMS file and record attributes by storing them in the archive.

The “archive_name” need not include the .ZIP filetype extension, the default extension of .ZIP will be applied. Be careful not to use an archive_name that is also a logical name, as this can produce unexpected results.

The “filespec” parameter can include wildcards. If the path is wildcarded, Zip will recurse directories by default.