I am sure the "other" sort also frequently closes and reopens several, if not most DDs also. :)
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Ed Gould > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 4:47 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: DF/SORT question (challenge?) > > Good reason to try the other sort. > > Ed > > On Aug 20, 2014, at 6:06 PM, Sri h Kolusu wrote: > > >>> Try adding close=free to the DD statement > > > > Ed, > > > > When using DFSORT applications, FREE=CLOSE cannot be used on any DD > > statements except DFSPARM. > > > > Thanks, > > Kolusu > > > > IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on > > 08/20/2014 03:24:55 PM: > > > >> From: Ed Gould <[email protected]> > >> To: [email protected] > >> Date: 08/20/2014 03:28 PM > >> Subject: Re: DF/SORT question (challenge?) Sent by: IBM Mainframe > >> Discussion List <[email protected]> > >> > >> On Aug 20, 2014, at 12:54 PM, TonyIcloud-OPERA wrote: > >> > >>> I once allocated a PDSE, and using DF/SORT, wrote 1,000 members to > >>> it in one pass of data. I was tempted to try 10K output members but > >>> my beverage wager was already won. When I get a bit of time, since > >>> I already have devised a technique to generate N number of DD > >>> statements and OUTFIL statements I'll try 10,000. I don't recall > >>> the maximum number of DD cards?? > >>> > >> Try adding close=free to the DD statement > >> > >> Ed > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> - > >> 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
