System Options under z/OS |
Specifies the unit of allocation for sort work files.
Default: |
CYLS
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Valid in: |
configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS
statement, OPTIONS window
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Category: |
Sort: SORT
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PROC OPTIONS GROUP= |
SORT
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z/OS specifics: |
all
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SORTUNIT=CYL<S> | TRK<S> | BLK<S> | n
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CYL<S>
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specifies that the units be cylinders. The
space calculation for cylinder allocations requires that the characteristics
of the device on which the allocations are made need to be known. The device
type is specified with the SORTDEV= option. The device type should be specified
as generic, such as 3390, rather than esoteric, such as DISK. When an esoteric
name is specified, it is impossible to predict what device type will be used
and thus the device characteristics will also be unknown.
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TRK<S>
-
specifies that the units be tracks. The
space calculation for track allocations requires that the characteristics
of the device on which the allocations are made need to be known. The device
type is specified with the SORTDEV= option. The device type should be specified
as generic, such as 3390, rather than esoteric, such as DISK. When an esoteric
name is specified, it is impossible to predict what device type will be used
and thus the device characteristics will also be unknown.
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BLK<S>
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specifies that the files are allocated with
an average block size equal to the record length rounded up to approximately
6K (6144). Therefore, if the input record length was 136, the average block
size used for the allocation would be 6120.
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n
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is an integer that specifies the average
block size.
The SORTUNIT= option specifies the unit
of allocation to be used if SAS dynamically allocates the sort work files
(see the DYNALLOC option).
Specify the Minimum Space for Sort Work Data Sets
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