Bill, Are all Input files of the same LRECL and RECFM? If so we can accomplish the task in a Single pass of the data and sort the accordingly. There is a trick to get it done. Let me know the attributes of all the input file and desired output file attributes and I will show you a way to do it.
Thanks, Kolusu DFSORT Development IBM Corporation IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> wrote on 08/03/2015 12:33:46 PM: > From: Bill Ashton <bill00ash...@gmail.com> > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Date: 08/03/2015 12:34 PM > Subject: SORT one input to 3 output files - different orders > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> > > Good afternoon, friends! I thought this should be easy, but I can't get > started with this. > > I have one "transaction" file that I need to add to 3 different "master" > files. The master files are in 3 different sequences, so I can't just sort > the trans file and MOD it to the end. Also, because I don't know which day > of this week the file will come in, I need to run this every day, and so > need to also drop my duplicate entries, as I know the trans file is unique. > > Can this be done in a single sort step? > > For the sake of argument, assume these sorts: > File1 - sort Char data in cols 10-15 > File2 - sort Char data in cols 73-81 > File3 - sort Char data in cols 40-47 > > Each file, when master & trans are combined, will all have the same data, > just in different order. > > Thanks for directing me! > Billy > > -- > Thank you and best regards, > *Billy Ashton* > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
