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by **Kevin Jenkins** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 1:52 am

Please can you advise, if it Is possible using DFSORT to add a x'0d0a' sequence at the end of each record in a variable blocked file. The input file is ...

Organization . . . : PS
Record format . . . : VB
Record length . . . : 1500

Input records do contain embedded blanks.

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ICE201I H RECORD TYPE IS F - DATA STARTS IN POSITION 1

Grateful, if you can post an example if this can be done.

Regards, Kevin

by **BillyBoyo** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:32 am

If this is for shipping data off the mainframe, the software you use for that can probably do it.

by **skolusu** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 5:17 am

Kevin Jenkins,

Currently DFSORT does not have any feature to append a character at the end of variable data. You want to append X'0D0A' which is CRLF which is only required by the windows OS. Unix just needs LF. If you are FTP'ing the data then as bill mentioned , then FTP/NDM software can insert the x'0D0A'. If you want to get it done via DFSORT then you can code a bunch of IFTHEN statements and validate the length in RDW and overlay the contents. But coding 1496 IFTHEN statements is tedious job. So I generated them. Use the following DFSORT JCL which will give you the desired results.

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//STEP0100 EXEC PGM=SORT
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SORTIN DD *
Dummy record
//SORTOUT DD DSN=&&C,DISP=(,PASS),SPACE=(CYL,(1,1),RLSE)
//SYSIN DD *
SORT FIELDS=COPY
OUTFIL REPEAT=1497,IFOUTLEN=80,IFTHEN=(WHEN=INIT,
BUILD=(3:C'INREC IFTHEN=(WHEN=(1,2,BI,EQ,',SEQNUM,4,ZD,START=5,
C'),OVERLAY=(',SEQNUM,4,ZD,START=6,
C':X''',C'0D0A''',C')),',81:SEQNUM,4,ZD)),
IFTHEN=(WHEN=(81,4,ZD,GT,1),OVERLAY=(1:8X),HIT=NEXT),
IFTHEN=(WHEN=(81,4,ZD,EQ,1495),OVERLAY=(48:C'1499')),
IFTHEN=(WHEN=(81,4,ZD,EQ,1496),OVERLAY=(48:C'1499',62:X)),
IFTHEN=(WHEN=(81,4,ZD,EQ,1497),BUILD=(3:C'OPTION COPY'))
//*
//STEP0200 EXEC PGM=SORT
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SORTIN DD DSN=Your Input VB 1500 byte file,DISP=SHR
//SORTOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSIN DD DSN=&&C,DISP=SHR
//*

by **Kevin Jenkins** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:33 pm

Kolusu, Bill

Thanks to you both for your feedback. I'll explore your suggestion.

Regards, Kevin

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