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Phantom · Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 8:29 am Post subject: Syncsort: Alias for SORTIN DD

Hi,

In syncsort (PGM=SORT - not synctool) can we give a different name for the DD SORTIN ? I tried OPTION SORTIN=ddname but this did not work. Is there any other way to give a different DD name for SORTIN and provide it in the sort control card.

Thanks a lot,
Phantom

kolusu · Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 8:32 am Post subject:

Phantom,

You cannot override the input(sortin) file DD name when invoking sort via PGM=SORT or PGM=ICEMAN. However you can override the SORTOUT file DD names using OUTFIL

Hope this helps...

Cheers

kolusu
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Phantom · Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 8:42 am Post subject:

Oh Okay.

Thanks Kolusu,
Phantom

Bill Dennis · Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 10:44 am Post subject:

You can use a different DDname by using the DDNAME as follows:

//SORTIN DD DDNAME=BILLIN
//BILLIN DD *
card1
card2
/*

Regards,
Bill Dennis

Phantom · Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 10:24 am Post subject:

Wow,

This is really nice. Thanks a lot Bill.

Regards,
Phantom

Frank Yaeger · Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 11:05 am Post subject:

For the record: With DFSORT, you can use SORTIN=ddname1 and/or SORTOUT=ddname2 in an OPTION statement in DFSPARM to override the SORTIN and/or SORTOUT ddnames, e.g.

Phantom · Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 11:13 am Post subject:

Thanks a lot Frank,

That is what I tried the first time. I read the DFSORT manual and tried it in syncsort and as expected I was in for surprises !...
Wink

Thanks,
Phantom

kolusu · Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 8:13 am Post subject:

Phantom · Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 8:32 am Post subject:

Cool....Its working. 8)

I just tried the following code and it worked fine. We have Syncsort z/OS 1.1 currently.