Nevermind. DFSORT Application Programming Guide, P.68, "DFSORT uses only the space on the first volume specified for a multivolume data set. Space on the second and subsequent volumes is not used. Multivolume SORTWKdd data sets are, therefore, treated as single-volume SORTWKdd data sets."
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Michael Watkins Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2022 2:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Can SORTWKnn Data Sets Use More Than One Volume? CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the Texas Comptroller's email system. DO NOT click links or open attachments unless you expect them from the sender and know the content is safe. I've always understood that SORTWKnn data sets could only reside on a single volume, but a co-worker coded DATACLAS=PSE on SORTWKnn DD cards and, as the DATACLASS dictated, 59 volumes were allocated to the SORTWKnn DD. Of course, simply because volumes were allocated doesn't mean they were actually written to. The sort step completed with RC=0, but I suspect that data was only written to the first volume. A quick search of the IBM documentation doesn't seem to provide a conclusive answer. Anyone got a clue? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
