> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Gerry Palmer
>
> Frank et al,
>
> I'm running a simple DFSORT job in which I want to extract an ID
> number from the first record in a file. I'm using STARTREC=1,ENDREC=1
> to do that. But DFSORT insists on reading the entire input file even
> despite the ENDREC value. This happens for values other than
ENDREC=1, too.
>
> Is there any way to convince DFSORT not to bother reading the rest of
> the input once the ENDREC value has been exceeded?
>
> RECORDS - IN: 214563, OUT: 214563
> SORTOUT : DELETED = 214562, REPORT = 0, DATA = 1
> SORTOUT : TOTAL IN = 214563, TOTAL OUT = 1
> END OF DFSORT
> BLOCKSET COPY TECHNIQUE SELECTED
> VISIT http://www.ibm.com/storage/dfsort FOR DFSORT PAPERS,
> - CONTROL STATEMENTS FOR 5694-A01, Z/OS DFSORT V1R5 - 00:55
> SORT FIELDS=COPY
Have you tried SORT FIELDS=COPY,STOPAFT=1 ?
-jc-
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