Sorry, I didn't see Sri's remarks (no pun intended) until after I had replied.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Pommier, Rex Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2024 3:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Line comments in DFSORT Actually it is documented. They're just not called comments. Look up "remark" in the DFSort application programming guide. Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Bob Stark Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2024 2:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [EXTERNAL] Line comments in DFSORT I just did an experiment in DFSORT with JCL-style line comments after INCLUDE, SORT, and OUTREC, and they work! The DFSORT doc says that comments are only supported when entered with * on column 1. When was this implemented, and why isn’t this documented? Do you think it is safe to rely on? I sent this question to [email protected] but it bounced right back, perhaps there are DFSORT developers here. Regards, Bob Stark //STEP1 EXEC PGM=SORT //SYSIN DD * INCLUDE COND=(9,1,CH,EQ,C'3',|, PART NUMBERS ENDING IN 3 9,1,CH,EQ,C'5',|, PART NUMBERS ENDING IN 5 9,1,CH,EQ,C'7') PART NUMBERS ENDING IN 7 SORT FIELDS=(10,30,CH,A) SORT ASCENDING BY DESCRIPTION OUTREC BUILD=(2X,10,30,3X,1,9,3X,68,10) DESCRIPTION, PARTNO, CATEGORY //SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=* //SORTOUT DD SYSOUT=* //SORTIN DD DISP=SHR,DSN=&HL..TR.INPUTA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
