From 07162fa301835387e4da4278326ec1ff45d1dc3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aki Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 21:52:57 +0200 Subject: Squashed 'zlib/' content from commit cacf7f1 git-subtree-dir: zlib git-subtree-split: cacf7f1d4e3d44d871b605da3b647f07d718623f --- os400/README400 | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+) create mode 100644 os400/README400 (limited to 'os400/README400') diff --git a/os400/README400 b/os400/README400 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4f98334 --- /dev/null +++ b/os400/README400 @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ + ZLIB version 1.2.11 for OS/400 installation instructions + +1) Download and unpack the zlib tarball to some IFS directory. + (i.e.: /path/to/the/zlib/ifs/source/directory) + + If the installed IFS command suppors gzip format, this is straightforward, +else you have to unpack first to some directory on a system supporting it, +then move the whole directory to the IFS via the network (via SMB or FTP). + +2) Edit the configuration parameters in the compilation script. + + EDTF STMF('/path/to/the/zlib/ifs/source/directory/os400/make.sh') + +Tune the parameters according to your needs if not matching the defaults. +Save the file and exit after edition. + +3) Enter qshell, then work in the zlib OS/400 specific directory. + + QSH + cd /path/to/the/zlib/ifs/source/directory/os400 + +4) Compile and install + + sh make.sh + +The script will: +- create the libraries, objects and IFS directories for the zlib environment, +- compile all modules, +- create a service program, +- create a static and a dynamic binding directory, +- install header files for C/C++ and for ILE/RPG, both for compilation in + DB2 and IFS environments. + +That's all. + + +Notes: For OS/400 ILE RPG programmers, a /copy member defining the ZLIB + API prototypes for ILE RPG can be found in ZLIB/H(ZLIB.INC). + In the ILE environment, the same definitions are available from + file zlib.inc located in the same IFS include directory as the + C/C++ header files. + Please read comments in this member for more information. + + Remember that most foreign textual data are ASCII coded: this + implementation does not handle conversion from/to ASCII, so + text data code conversions must be done explicitely. + + Mainly for the reason above, always open zipped files in binary mode. -- cgit v1.1