On Fri, 25 Sep 2020 10:25:13 -0700, Sri h Kolusu wrote: > > ... The control statements for DFSORT >are not obscure and they are on the same level as following the >coding/syntax rules for a programming language. For example COBOL, you >would follow all the rules governing it. So why not do the same for DFSORT? > The comments in your example provided the necessary clarity.
> ... >Aren't the programs depending on the input file attributes? For example a >COBOL program written to handle a FB 80 byte file will NOT work with FB 100 >byte file. You need to write another program to handle it. With DFSORT >there is absolutely no change in the control cards for different LRECL as >long as the key fields are the same. > I hope that information could be gleaned from the data set label. Rexx, at least works that way. I'd be optimistic for PL/I to do likewise; perhaps pessimistic for COBOL. But a COBOL advocate might correct me. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
