Linux interoperability

Archives created by ZIP Linux tool are readable by BS2ZIP. Those archives must be transferred in binary to the BS2000. By default, BS2ZIP extracts the archived file as a SAM file with BUF-LEN=STD(16). It is assumed that the line separator is a Carriage Return / Line Feed (CRLF). Files can be also be extracted in binary. PAM files with BUF-LEN=STD(16) are thus created.

On the other hand, BS2ZIP containers built in compatible mode can be transferred in binary to a Linux platform and then be exploited by the UNZIP Linux tool.