I agree with Christopher. I designed an Assembler Macro that built an exit
exit module. A few seconds to Assemble. GET on a sequential file, pass to
sort if required. RC = 8 when you get past the desired key value.

Of course if you are not sorting, add a PUT instead of a return.

On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 10:28 AM Christopher Y. Blaicher <
[email protected]> wrote:

> You could also use an E15 and return an 8 when you get past the
> interesting data.
>
> Chris Blaicher
> Technical Architect
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> Hi Peter,
>
> If you have IBM File Manager you could do what you need with the Data Set
> Copy (DSC) function and an enhanced processing procedure:
>
> $$FILEM DSC  INPUT=DDIN,
> $$FILEM      OUTPUT=DDOUT,
> $$FILEM      PROC=*
> IF FLDI(1,3,C,'GT',"ABC") THEN
>   RETURN STOP IMMEDIATE        /* Stop processing           */
> /+
>
> Regards,
> Peter Van Dyke
>
> On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 at 07:32, Paul Gilmartin <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 08:58:59 +1000, Wayne Bickerdike
> > <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Not sure how a sequential file has a "KEY".  It may be a value in
> > >fixed columns.
> > >
> > I find "KEY" used apparently in that sense in numerous places in:
> > z/OS  Version 2 Release 4  DFSORT Application Programming Guide IBM
> > SC23-6878-40
> >
> > >I'm sure it's why we've been sorting files for donkeys years.
> >
> > -- gil
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