Unzipping non-VMS Archives

$ UNZIP/TEXT=AUTO/BINARY=AUTO -archive_name

Use /TEXT=AUTO to restore ACSII files as RMS Sequential Variable instead of Stream_LF

Use /BINARY=AUTO to restore binary files as Fixed-512 instead of Stream_LF

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Archives created for other operating systems can sometimes be successfully restored using the /TEXT=AUTO and /BINARY=AUTO qualifier/value combinations.

/TEXT=AUTO will help ensure that ASCII (text) files are restored as Sequential, Variable record length instead of Stream_LF.

/BINARY=AUTO will help ensure that binary files are restored as Fixed-512 instead of Stream_LF.