>Does DFSORT support a character special file as SORTIN? DFSORT does support Pipes as sortin and sortout. Here is an example of Sorting with Pipes and OUTFIL SPLIT
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_1.12.0/com.ibm.zos.r12.icea100/ice1ca50272.htm%23wq1368 Thanks, Kolusu DFSORT Development IBM Corporation IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on 09/10/2015 09:14:54 AM: > From: Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: 09/10/2015 09:22 AM > Subject: Re: DFSORT (old) enhancement > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> > > On 2015-09-10, at 10:06, Sri h Kolusu wrote: > > > Martin, > > > > The default is Half the LRECL for VLR processing and you are remembering > > it correctly. :) However I suggest that you run the STATS operator to find > > the avg/min/max lrecl's > > > >> From: Martin Packer > >> Date: 09/10/2015 08:51 AM > >> > >> Not sure whether it's relevant but AVGRLEN is another thing you can use to > >> help DFSORT do the calculations, I seem to recall. (Someone long ago once > >> said for Variable-Length the default is half the LRECL.) > >> > >> > >>>> If any kind of SORT E15/E35 exits are being used where data is being > >> passed to SORT(internal COBOL sort, DB2 utilities) and no FILESZ or a > >> record count is being passed, OR reading from a unix path name, then SORT > >> will fail miserably dynamically allocating sortwork, or will at least use > >> the default dynamic allocation specified in your ICEOPTS, which may or may > >> not be sufficient. > >> > >> Dave Jousma, > >> > If tye UNIX path name refers to a regular file, stat() should provide > considerable guidance. For a character special file such as a pipe, > not so much. Does DFSORT use stat() in this way? Does DFSORT support > a character special file as SORTIN? > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
