DFSORT is a program used to sort records in ascending or descending

sequence, or to merge from 2 to 16 different files into one file. The

input and output files processed by DFSORT can be sequential or VSAM
files containing fixed-length or variable-length format records.
The JCL required to execute DFSORT appears below. A description of
each JCL statement follows the sample JCL. DFSORT control statement
descriptions appear below the JCL statement discussion. You can type
FIND '> DFSORT' on the command line above to skip to them.
DFSORT Sample JCL:
//JS10 EXEC PGM=SORT, CAN ALSO BE PGM=ICEMAN
// PARM=sort parms...
//STEPLIB DD DSN=...,DISP=SHR NEEDED IF SORT NOT ON LINK LIST
//STEPLIB DD DSN=...,DISP=SHR NEEDED IF SORT NOT ON LINK LIST
//SORTLIB DD DSN=...,DISP=SHR NEEDED ONLY IF TAPE WORK SORT
//DFSPARM DD * SORT OPTNL PARM AND CONTROL STMT
sort parms and sort control statements described below...
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=* SORT MESSAGES WRITTEN HERE
//SORTIN DD DSN=input..DSN.to.sort, DATA SET TO SORT
// DISP=SHR
//SORTINnn DD DSN=input..DSN.to.sort, DATA SETS TO MERGE 'nn'=01,02,etc.
// DISP=SHR
//SORTOUT DD DSN=sorted.output.dsn, SORTED OR MERGED OUTPUT
// DISP=SHR
//SORTWKnn DD UNIT=SYSDA,DISP=SHR, SORT WORK FILES 'nn'=01,02,etc.
// SPACE=(TRK,(30,30),RLSE)
//SYSIN DD * SORT CONTROL CARD DATA SET
//SORTCKPT DD DSN=CHECKPT,UNIT=TAPE, NEEDED IF CHECKPOINTING SORT
// DISP=(,KEEP),VOL=SER=ABC123
//SORTSNAP DD SYSOUT=* SNAP DUMP OUTPUT
//SYSUDUMP DD SYSOUT=* DUMP OUTPUT
//SYSMDUMP DD SYSOUT=* DUMP OUTPUT
//SYSABEND DD SYSOUT=* DUMP OUTPUT
//SORTDIAG DD DUMMY NEEDED IF DEBUGGING SORT PGM

A description of each JCL statement above appears below; please note

that FREE=CLOSE is not allowed on any DFSORT DD statement.