Files on Linux, Unix, VMS, and Windows computers can be distributed to other Linux, Unix, VMS, or Windows computers using FCX and the appropriate FCX Self-Expand modules.

FCX can be instructed to create a self-expanding file for a given platform by including the self= option on the FCX command line.

When the self-expanding file is executed on the target system, FCX automatically converts files from the source system to an appropriate format for the target system.

• Example - Distribute files from a VMS Alpha system to an HP-UX Itanium system

On the VMS Alpha system compress the files using FCX and specify /self=iu (Itanium Unix).

 

$ fcx compress *.dat /out=vmsdata /self=iu

 

Transfer the FCX file (vmsdata.fcxiu) to the target HP-UX Itanium system using FTP or use a shared network file system.

On the HP-UX system expand the FCX file by executing it:

 

$ ./vmsdata.fcxiu

 

The files inside the FCX file will be expanded and converted to Unix format.