Frank, last question (probably). In what version of DFSORT did the following first appear and when - //DFSPARM DD * OPTION DYNALLOC=(,n) /* Jim McAlpine
On 11/14/05, Frank Yaeger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jim McAlpine wrote on 11/14/2005 08:39:52 AM: > > > OK then one further question. The FM recommends to use a small number of > > dynamic work files ie 2 or 3. Does sort allocate multi volume files if > they > > need to be very large for a very big sort. > > What is "The FM"? > > DFSORT only uses the first volume of multivolume work files, so it does > NOT > dynamically allocate multivolume work files. DFSORT's shipped default for > the maximum number of dynamically allocated work files is 4. This is > generally a good choice as the default, but you might want to set the > default larger if the majority of the jobs need more work files. > Alternatively, you can just set a larger number of maximum work files for > the specific jobs that need them with: > > //DFSPARM DD * > OPTION DYNALLOC=(,n) > /* > > where n is the number of work files and go up to 255. > > Frank Yaeger - DFSORT Team (IBM) > Specialties: ICETOOL, IFTHEN, OVERLAY, Symbols, Migration > => DFSORT/MVS is on the Web at http://www.ibm.com/storage/dfsort/ > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
