OK then one further question. The FM recommends to use a small number of dynamic work files ie 2 or 3. Does sort allocate multi volume files if they need to be very large for a very big sort. Jim McAlpine
On 11/14/05, Frank Yaeger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Jim, > > DFSORT dynamically allocates some work space if there's any chance that it > might need it (in order to avoid space ABENDs), and that "decision" > depends > on a lot of factors which I can't discuss. If it turns out that the sort > can be done in main, then the allocated work space isn't used. Note that > with JCL SORTWKs, the space is always allocated (by the system), but will > also not be used if the sort can be done in main. > > Frank Yaeger - DFSORT Team (IBM) > Specialties: ICETOOL, IFTHEN, OVERLAY, Symbols, Migration > => DFSORT/MVS is on the Web at http://www.ibm.com/storage/dfsort/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
