Dfsort manual

Multiple passes and not very elegant. But for a small file, who cares?? Very cool. You can also sort on various keys and select on one of them, e. I don't know much about Unix files. Would it be better on the first pass do sort on name ascending major; date descending minor? Consult the fine manual. I think it would if you got the JCL and sort statements correct.

Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. My manual doesn't state a minimum. You can skip sequence numbers too if you want. My manual is pretty old, so the 32 DD constraint might have been relieved at some point. Give it a try and see. But I'm sure you are much more familiar with how good or bad that documentation is than I am since you are a well known fence-straddler. If you don't supply the DCB, there is no way for us to determine what will be coming.

John Reda Syncsort, Inc. DCB characteristics. I hope I said that right and Walt can correct if I am wrong. I believe that the only requirements are that the various input files be in sequence by the same keys before starting, and that the input files be of the same format vis-a-vis LRECL and RECFM.

Rick: I have been offline much of the afternoon due to an email problem that was magically fixed. I was just hazarding a guess anyway. I have leaned something anyway. Experienced software developer. Skills in Development, Coding, Testing and Debugging. Also skills in Mainframe. View all posts by Srini. You must be logged in to post a comment. Facebook twitter Instagram. Photo by Tim Gouw on Pexels. Share this:. Like this: Like Loading If the F1 records are variable-length, the joined records will be variable-length.

The joined records will be the original unpaired F2 records. If the F2 records are fixed-length, the joined records will be fixed-length. If the F2 records are variable-length, the joined records will be variable-length. The joined records will be variable-length. If the F1 records are fixed-length, each unpaired F1 record will be variable-length with an RDW followed by the original F1 record.

If the F1 records are variable-length, each unpaired F1 record will be the original F1record.