Steve, Apparently OVERLAY is not a Syncsort keyword. I did a search of the whole Syncsort reference manual, and it wasn't listed, although my book is about 6 years old. I did allow for the RDW in my displacement, I think.
Eric -- Eric Bielefeld Systems Programmer Washington University St Louis, Missouri 314-935-3418 ---- Steve Comstock <st...@trainersfriend.com> wrote: > > Eric, > > I've been spending a lot of time developing a DFSORT/ICETOOL > class, which I hope to announce next week. > > > Although DFSORT is not SyncSort, I imagine they are the same for this case. > > > OUTREC FIELDS=(15,4, > CHANGE=(4,C'CSYS',C'ESYS', > C'DSYS',C'FSYS', > C'FSYS',C'FSYS')) > SORT FIELDS=COPY > > This will copy from your SORTIN data set; the output > data set will just be the four bytes ESYS, or FSYS. > > You want to OVERLAY the field; since the input records > are variable, you must also allow for a 4 byte RDW in > your positioning. > > Try this: > > SORT FIELDS=COPY > OUTREC OVERLAY=(19,4, > CHANGE=(4,C'CSYS',C'ESYS', > C'DSYS',C'FSYS', > C'FSYS',C'FSYS')) > > > Kind regards, > > -Steve Comstock > The Trainer's Friend, Inc. > > 303-393-8716 > http://www.trainersfriend.com > > z/OS Application development made easier > * Our classes include > + How things work > + Programming examples with realistic applications > + Starter / skeleton code > + Complete working programs > + Useful utilities and subroutines > + Tips and techniques > > ==> Check out the Trainer's Friend Store to purchase z/OS <== > ==> application developer toolkits. Sample code in four <== > ==> programming languages, JCL to Assemble or compile, <== > ==> bind and test. <== > ==> http://www.trainersfriend.com/TTFStore/index.html <== > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
