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jerryte
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Joined: 29 Oct 2010
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Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
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I would like to see IBM develop an alias DFCOPY to invoke SORT but for copy operation only. It would use below options:
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| OPTION COPY,SORTDD=COPY |
This makes it obvious from the JCL what is happening without having to read the SYSIN parm
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//COPY01 EXEC PGM=DFCOPY
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//COPYIN DD DSN=input-dataset
//COPYOUT DD DSN=output-dataset
//SYSIN DD DSN=parmlib
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There is ICEGENER but I don't know if it allows for complex OUTFIL statements.
This can be also achieved with a DFPARM but the PGM=DFCOPY makes it more obvious.
Easier to read and understand. Thoughts? |
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Joerg.Findeisen
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| TBH, a PROC may have the same effect of simplification. |
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sergeyken
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Location: USA
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This approach (the initial one) would be similar to using an electric drill for hammering nails.
Although both of them are possible. |
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