Problem:

I downloaded a fixpack from the Micro Focus web site, and it turned out to be a file with the extension ".encr".  What is this .encr extension?  How should this file be treated?

Resolution:

Fixpacks for Server Express, downloaded from the Micro Focus web site, have the extension ".encr".  This means "encrypted".  They are actually executable files, and are self-extracting archives.  It is a proprietary format.

Use the UNIX "chmod" command to give them execute permissions, then execute them.  They will self-extract.  After that you will have a ".tar" archive file.

But they will self-extract only in the presence of the correct version of Server Express.  This prevents people from trying to install a fixpack onto the wrong version of the Server Express product.  So, before executing them, set the COBDIR environment variable to the location of a suitable Server Express version.  They will notice the COBDIR setting and verify that the version of Server Express is correct.

Many machines have only one installation of COBOL, so this is the one usual COBDIR setting.  On a machine on which several COBOL versions are installed, set COBDIR to the version where you intend to install the fixpack.

To continue the fixpack installation using the extracted ".tar" archive, read the installation instructions found on the same Micro Focus web page from where the fixpack was downloaded.