> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Sri h Kolusu > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 2:13 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Reflexivity (was: NJE Clarifications) > > >>The SORTs (Sync or DF) will happily allow SORTIN/SORTOUT to be the > >>same > file. And in today's world of lot'o'region and space this is probably safer > than > it used to be > > Dave, > > For DFSORT, your statement is true only if you are SORTING the data as for a > copy application, the SORTIN data set should NOT be the same as the > SORTOUT data set or any OUTFIL data set because this can cause lost or > incorrect data or unpredictable results.
I stand corrected. Improper assumption on my part. Was DFSORT named DFSORT in 1982? > > Thanks, > Kolusu > DFSORT Development > IBM Corporation > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
