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How do a sort to rewrite a dataset in jcl?

Postby Kevin H » Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:40 am

In tso, I want to sort a file to rewrite one other existent file in JCL.
Could I do some programming in the sort_parm file? How to do it?
If there is some other ways to do that, please tell me.
thanks, guys!
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Re: How do a sort to rewrite a dataset in jcl?

Postby dick scherrer » Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:55 am

Hello,

It is not clear what you want to do. . .

Typically, sorts are run in batch via jcl and it is a very bad practice to use the same file as input and output. If there is any abend, the original data is very possibly destroyed.
Hope this helps,
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