The GIMZIP service routine creates portable packages of software
and associated materials. Typically the packages will contain SYSMODs,
RELFILE data sets, HOLDDATA, and associated materials such as documentation,
samples, and text files. These GIMZIP packages may be transported
through a network, processed by the GIMUNZIP service routine, and
then processed by the SMP/E RECEIVE command.
More specifically, a GIMZIP package consists of a single package
definition file, a set of archive files, and text files. The package
definition file describes the total package and identifies the archive
files and text files contained in the package. An archive file consists
of :
- a portable image of any of the following:
- a sequential data set
- a partitioned data set
- a VSAM data set
- a file in the UNIX file
system
- a directory in the UNIX file
system
- and the information necessary to reload the data from the portable
image.
A single GIMZIP package typically consists of several archive
files.
Note: - GIMZIP is a separate load module residing in the MIGLIB library
and runs independently from the rest of SMP/E processing.
- GIMZIP requires either the Integrated Cryptographic Services Facility
(ICSF) One-Way Hash Generate callable service or Java™ 2 Version 1 Release 4 to be available for
its use in order to compute an SHA-1 hash value.