System Options under z/OS

SORTWKNO= System Option: z/OS

Specifies how many sort work data sets to allocate.

Default:	3
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, OPTIONS window
Category:	Sort: SORT
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	SORT
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.