Thanks, I'll give it a try!
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 1:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Sort Multiple Files in One Step > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George, William (DHCS-ITSD) > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 3:26 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Sort Multiple Files in One Step > > I have 10 files with the same layout and all must be sorted using the > same sort criteria. > > Each file must be sorted into its own separate output file. Is it > possible to put this SORT into one step instead of creating > 10 separate > steps? > > On a glance through some sort documentation I was THINKIN I could use > SORTINnn in some manner but according to the doc this is used > for MERGE > only. > > I was thinking something like > > //SORT001 EXEC PGM=SORT,REGION=4096K,PARM='CORE=MAX' > //SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=* > //SORTIN01 DD DSN=INPUT.NUMBER1,DISP=SHR > //SORTIN02 DD DSN=INPUT.NUMBER2,DISP=SHR > //SORTIN03 DD DSN=INPUT.NUMBER3,DISP=SHR > //... > > //SORTOF01 DD DSN=OUTPUT.NUMBER1,DISP=OLD > //SORTOF02 DD DSN=OUTPUT.NUMBER1,DISP=OLD > //SORTOF03 DD DSN=OUTPUT.NUMBER1,DISP=OLD > //... > //SORTWK01 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(CYL,(15,1)) > //SORTWK02 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(CYL,(15,1)) > //SORTWK03 DD UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(CYL,(15,1)) > //SYSIN DD * > SORT FIELDS=(10,12,A),FORMAT=CH > > Thanks for any ideas. > > > > Bill Use ICETOOL. //MULTSORT EXEC PGM=ICETOOL //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* //SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=* //TOOLMSG DD SYSOUT=* //DFSMSG DD SYSOUT=* //TOOLIN DD * SORT FROM(I1) TO(O1) USING(SORT) SORT FROM(I2) TO(O2) USING(SORT) SORT FROM(I3) TO(O3) USING(SORT) /* //SORTCNTL DD * SORT FIELDS=(10,12,A),FORMAT=CH /* //SORTWK.. DD ... -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
