Allocate the file, IEBGENER the header record, then DISP=MOD on the sort step?
Or IEBGENER the record to the end with DISP=MOD? On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 2:08 PM, John Mattson <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a large file, and I need to split it into smaller files of > 50,000 recs each I started off using Batch REXX so that I could > dynamically allocate a large number of output files, each with a different > name. The same REXX also creates SORT control cards (see below). The > REXX increments the SKIPREC by 50,000 each time. > OPTION NULLOUT=RC4 > SORT FIELDS=COPY,STOPAFT=50000,SKIPREC=150000 > So far so good. First DS has records 1 thru 50,000, next ds has > 50,001 thru 100,000 and so on. > Now they want a single header record for each new data sets. All > header records will be identical. I could just create a single record > header data set , concatenate and copy again to a new ds, but I am hoping > that there is a better way to do this in one execution of DFSORT per data > set. BUT I have not been able to find it. Any help here? -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
