Let's say we have a file with RECFM(VB) and records varying in length. Example:
AAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA BBBB BBB BBBBBBBBBBBB CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD EEEE CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD EEEE AAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA BBBB BBB BBBBBBBBBBBB I want to sort the file (resulting in all 'A's before the 'B' etc.) and remove all duplicates. That means I want to sort on the whole content of the records. I have tried many combinations of options (VLSHRT, VLFILL, editing in INREC statement etc.) with no better result than correct order of the records, but the duplicates are not removed (I had of course SUM FIELDS=NONE). What options should I have ? TIA Thomas _____________________________________________________________ Thomas Berg Specialist IT Utveckling Swedbank AB (Publ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
