This is a response to a private note that I think is worth public exposure:
 
>Does GZIP restore all the attributes of files when they are unzipped?  I
>noticed that compress/uncompress loses some of them (specifically the
>'SPOOL' designation).
 
Yes, it does lose the attributes. Hence my recommendation for gzip/mover in
combination. mover will preserve all of the attributes. gzip will
compress/decompress the resulting truck file. I typically do something like:
 
mover -c MYTRUCK ./FILE1 ./FILE2 ./FILE3
gzip ./MYTRUCK
ftp <some node>
> <passwords>
> bin
> put ./MYTRUCK.gz
> quit
 
logon to the remote node and:
 
gunzip ./MYTRUCK.gz
mover -x MYTRUCK
 
All there is to it. Note the use of POSIX syntax is required and is case
sensitive.
 
Regards,
 
M.