SORTWKNO= System Option: z/OS

Specifies how many sort work data sets to allocate.

Valid in:	Configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window
Category:	Sort: SORT
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	SORT
Default:	3
z/OS specifics:	All

Syntax

SORTWKNO=n

n: can be 0-99. If SORTWKNO=0 is specified, any existing sort work files are freed and none are allocated.

The SORTWKNO= option specifies how many sort work files are to be allocated dynamically by either SAS or the SORT utility.