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chandu
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 Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 6:33 am Post subject: How to run Icetool |
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Hi ,
I wanted to use ICETOOL in my current application but the problem is i am not sure whether it is avaliable in this shop , i used Exec pgm = ICETOOl , and it is showing program icetool not found , I know this possibly means end of my dreams of using icetool , but just wanted to know if i need to include something in the joblib which i have not yet included which could make icetool come ,
Also i have syncsort avaliable on my shop.
Thanks in advance,
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vijay
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 8:58 am Post subject: |
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Try SYNCTOOL instead of ICETOOL
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Mike Chantrey
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ICETOOL belongs with DFSORT (IBM's SORT product)
SYNCTOOL belongs with SYNCSORT
So try SYNCTOOL (but I've seen other posts that say it's unsupported and undocumented unlike ICETOOL, and has less features. I've never used it myself so I don't know how true this is). |
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kolusu
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 9:40 am Post subject: |
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Chandu,
If you have DFSORT at your shop, you can use DFSORT's ICETOOL. ICETOOL is a fully documented and supported feature of DFSORT. ICETOOL is free with DFSORT.
You can add following DFSORT libraries to steplib and try to run the job.
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//STEPLIB DD DSN=SYS1.SICELINK,
// DISP=SHR
// DD DSN=SYS1.SORTLPA,
// DISP=SHR
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The S806 you got for PGM=ICETOOL indicates that you don't have DFSORT. You also mentioned that you have syncsort at your shop. Usually a shop will not pay for two products which caters to the same needs. Even though DFSORT is rich in features and fully documented , it is very rare that a shop will have both DFSORT and SYNCSORT.
You can try running that job by changing the pgm name to synctool. But beware that most of the latest features like SPLICE, REPEAT,SAMPLE SPLITBY ... are not available with syncsort. Even for the features that are available you might not get the desired results with SYNCTOOL
as seen in this topic.
http://www.mvsforums.com/helpboards/viewtopic.php?p=7662
SYNCTOOL is shipped with Syncsort and is undocumented, and the manuals are not available on the Web. Syncsort's SYNCTOOL only has a subset of the functions available with DFSORT's. DFSORT's books are available on the web and ICETOOL is fully documented. The documentation describes DFSORT's ICETOOL. I would NOT suggest using the ICETOOL documentation for SYNCTOOL since a lot of it doesn't apply.
Hope this helps...
Cheers
Kolusu
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chandu
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Thanks a lot for the detailed explanation,
But i am kind of lost now because all the manuals i have are of DFSORT so would the rest of the features work the same way on SYNCSORT as DFSORT manuals say it would , Please advice.
Also it would be extremely helpful if i could get some help on syncsort.
Waiting expectantly
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Frank Yaeger
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Chandu,
The DFSORT manuals document the functions, features and messages for DFSORT and DFSORT's ICETOOL. They DO NOT document how any other product (e.g. Syncsort/SYNCTOOL) works! If you use the DFSORT manuals for information on the functions, features and messages for another product, you may find yourself quite confused.
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Specialties: JOINKEYS, FINDREP, WHEN=GROUP, ICETOOL, Symbols, Migration
DFSORT is on the Web at:
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