Directly invoked DFSORT

Table 1 shows where each sort, merge, or copy option may be specified when DFSORT is directly invoked (that is, not invoked by programs).

DFSPARM: PARM options selectively override corresponding options in any other source. DEBUG and OPTION control statement options selectively override corresponding options in EXEC PARM and SYSIN. Control statements other than DEBUG and OPTION completely override corresponding control statements in SYSIN.

EXEC PARM options selectively override options in SYSIN.

SORT and MERGE are considered to be corresponding control statements.

INCLUDE and OMIT are considered to be corresponding control statements.

Table 1. Directly Invoked DFSORT Option Specification/Override. Options are arranged alphabetically on the Installation column. If "NO" is specified in the Installation column, move to the next column to the left and so on. The order of override is from left to right and from top to bottom within a row.
Specified with DFSPARM	Specified with EXEC PARM	Specified with SYSIN	Installation (JCL, TSO or TDx)	Description of Option	Function
NO	NO	NO	ABCODE	ABEND code	S,M,C
DEBUG ABSTP	NO	DEBUG ABSTP	NO	Abnormal stop	S,M,C
ALTSEQ CODE	NO	ALTSEQ CODE	ALTSEQ	Alternate sequence	S,M
ARESALL OPTION ARESALL	ARESALL	OPTION ARESALL	ARESALL	System storage above 16MB virtual	S,M,C
DEBUG NOASSIST	NO	DEBUG NOASSIST	NO	Bypass Sorting Instructions	S
AVGRLEN OPTION AVGRLEN	AVGRLEN	OPTION AVGRLEN	NO	Average record length	S
BSAM DEBUG BSAM	BSAM	DEBUG BSAM	NO	Force BSAM	S,M,C
DEBUG CFW\|NOCFW	NO	DEBUG CFW\|NOCFW	CFW	Cache fast write	S
OPTION CHALT\|NOCHALT	NO	OPTION CHALT\|NOCHALT	CHALT	CH field sequence	S,M
OPTION CHECK\|NOCHECK	NO	OPTION CHECK\|NOCHECK	CHECK	Record count check	S,M,C
CINV\|NOCINV OPTION CINV\|NOCINV	CINV\|NOCINV	OPTION CINV\|NOCINV	CINV	Control interval access	S,M,C
COBEXIT OPTION COBEXIT	COBEXIT	OPTION COBEXIT	COBEXIT	COBOL library	S,M,C
INCLUDE\|OMIT COND\|FORMAT	NO	INCLUDE\|OMIT COND\|FORMAT	NO	Include\|Omit fields	S,M,C
OPTION COPY SORT\|MERGE FIELDS	NO	OPTION COPY SORT\|MERGE FIELDS	NO	Copy records	C
DEBUG CTRx	NO	DEBUG CTRx	NO	ABEND record count	S,M
NO	NO	NO	Time-of-day for activation	Simulate SORTDIAG DD Statement	S,M,C
NO	NO	NO	DIAGSIM	Simulate SORTDIAG DD Statement	S,M,C
DSA OPTION DSA	DSA	OPTION DSA	DSA	Dynamic storage adjustment limit	S
DSPSIZE OPTION DSPSIZE	DSPSIZE	OPTION DSPSIZE	DSPSIZE	Dataspace sorting	S
DYNALLOC OPTION DYNALLOC SORT DYNALLOC	DYNALLOC	OPTION DYNALLOC SORT DYNALLOC	DYNALOC¹	Dynamic SORTWKs	S
DYNALLOC OPTION DYNALLOC\|USEWKDD SORT DYNALLOC	DYNALLOC	OPTION DYNALLOC SORT DYNALLOC	DYNAUTO	Automatic dynamic allocation	S
DYNAPCT OPTION DYNAPCT	DYNAPCT	OPTION DYNAPCT	DYNAPCT	Additional work data sets	S
DYNSPC OPTION DYNSPC	DYNSPC	OPTION DYNSPC	DYNSPC	Dynamic allocation default space	S
EFS OPTION EFS	EFS	NO²	EFS	EFS program specified	S,M,C
NO	NO	NO	ENABLE	Enable Time-of-Day modules	S,M,C
EQUALS\|NOEQUALS OPTION EQUALS\|NOEQUALS SORT\|MERGE EQUALS\|NOEQUALS	EQUALS\|NOEQUALS	OPTION EQUALS\|NOEQUALS SORT\|MERGE EQUALS\|NOEQUALS	EQUALS	Equal record order	S,M
DEBUG EQUCOUNT	NO	DEBUG EQUCOUNT	NO	Equal key count message	S
ABEND\|NOABEND DEBUG ABEND\|NOABEND	ABEND\|NOABEND	DEBUG ABEND\|NOABEND	ERET	Error action	S,M,C
DEBUG ESTAE\|NOESTAE	NO	DEBUG ESTAE\|NOESTAE	ESTAE	ESTAE routine	S,M,C
OPTION EXITCK	NO	OPTION EXITCK	EXITCK	E15/E35 return code checking	S,M,C
NO	NO	NO	EXPMAX	Available expanded storage limit for all DFSORT Hiperspaces	S
NO	NO	NO	EXPOLD	Old expanded storage limit for all DFSORT Hiperspaces	S
NO	NO	NO	EXPRES	Available expanded storage reserved for non-Hipersorting use	S
E15=COB PARM E35=COB MODS Exx\|HILEVEL=YES	E15=COB E35=COB	MODS Exx\|HILEVEL=YES	NO	User Exit Exx (xx=11,15-19, 31,35,37-39, and 61)	S,M,C³
INREC parameters	NO	INREC parameters	NO	INREC reformatting	S,M,C
JOINKEYS parameters	NO	JOINKEYS parameters	NO	JOINKEYS processing	S,C
JOIN parameters	NO	JOIN parameters	NO	JOIN options	S,C
OUTREC parameters	NO	OUTREC parameters	NO	OUTREC reformatting	S,M,C
REFORMAT parameters	NO	REFORMAT parameters	NO	REFORMAT fields	S,C
SORT\|MERGE FIELDS\|FORMAT	NO	SORT\|MERGE FIELDS\|FORMAT	NO	Control fields	S,M
SUM FIELDS/FORMAT	NO	SUM FIELDS/FORMAT	NO	Sum fields	S,M
MERGE FILES	NO	MERGE FILES	NO	Merge input files	M
FILSZ OPTION FILSZ\|SIZE SORT\|MERGE FILSZ\|SIZE	FILSZ	OPTION FILSZ\|SIZE SORT\|MERGE FILSZ\|SIZE	FSZEST	File size	S,M
HIPRMAX OPTION HIPRMAX	HIPRMAX	OPTION HIPRMAX	HIPRMAX	Hipersorting	S
NO	NO	NO	IDRCPCT	IDRC compaction	S
NO	NO	NO	IEXIT	ICEIEXIT	S,M,C
OPTION CKPT⁴ SORT CKPT⁴	NO	OPTION CKPT⁴ SORT CKPT⁴	IGNCKPT	Checkpoints	S
NO	NO	NO	IOMAXBF	Maximum SORTIN/ SORTOUT data set buffer space	S,M,C
RECORD LENGTH	NO	RECORD LENGTH	NO	Record lengths	S,M,C
LIST\|NOLIST OPTION LIST\|NOLIST	LIST\|NOLIST	NO²	LIST	Print DFSORT control statements⁵	S,M,C
LISTX\|NOLISTX OPTION LISTX\|NOLISTX	LISTX\|NOLISTX	NO²	LISTX	Print control statements returned by an EFS program⁵	S,M,C
LOCALE OPTION LOCALE	LOCALE	NO²	LOCALE	Locale processing	S,M,C
NO	NO	NO	MAXLIM	Maximum storage below 16MB virtual⁶	S,M,C
OPTION MERGEIN	NO	NO²	NO	Alternate MERGE ddnames	M
NO	NO	NO	MINLIM	Minimum storage	S,M,C
MOSIZE OPTION MOSIZE	MOSIZE	OPTION MOSIZE	MOSIZE	Memory object sorting	S
MOWRK\|NOMOWRK OPTION MOWRK\|NOMOWRK	MOWRK\|NOMOWRK	OPTION MOWRK\|NOMOWRK	MOWRK	Memory objects as work storage	S
MSGDDN OPTION MSGDDN	MSGDDN	NO²	MSGDDN	Alternate message data set	S,M,C
NO	NO	NO	MSGCON	Write messages on master console	S,M,C
MSGPRT OPTION MSGPRT	MSGPRT	NO²	MSGPRT	Print messages	S,M,C
OPTION NOBLKSET	NO	OPTION NOBLKSET	NO	Bypass Blockset	S,M
NO	NO	NO	NOMSGDD	Action when message data set missing	S,M,C
NULLOUT OPTION NULLOUT	NULLOUT	OPTION NULLOUT	NULLOUT	Action when no records for SORTOUT	S,M,C
ODMAXBF OPTION ODMAXBF	ODMAXBF	OPTION ODMAXBF	ODMAXBF	Maximum OUTFIL data set buffer space	S,M,C
OUTFIL⁹	OUTFIL⁹	OUTFIL⁹	NO	OUTFIL processing	S,M,C
OUTREL\|NOOUTREL OPTION NOOUTREL	OUTREL\|NOOUTREL	OPTION NOOUTREL	OUTREL	Release output data set space	S,M,C
OPTION NOOUTSEC	NO	OPTION NOOUTSEC	OUTSEC	Output data set secondary allocation	S,M,C
NO	NO	NO	OVERRGN	Storage over REGION	S,M,C
OVFLO OPTION OVFLO	OVFLO	OPTION OVFLO	OVFLO	Summary fields overflow action	S,M
PAD OPTION PAD	PAD	OPTION PAD	PAD	DFSORT LRECL padding action	S,M,C
NO	NO	NO	PARMDDN	Alternate ddname for DFSPARM	S,M,C
RESALL OPTION RESALL	RESALL	OPTION RESALL	RESALL	System reserved storage⁶	S,M,C
RESET\|NORESET OPTION RESET\|NORESET	RESET\|NORESET	OPTION RESET\|NORESET	RESET	NEW or MOD VSAM output	S,M,C
SDB OPTION SDB	SDB	OPTION SDB	SDB	System- determined output data set block size	S,M,C
NO	NO	NO	SDBMSG	System- determined block size for message and list data sets	S,M,C
SIZE OPTION MAINSIZE	SIZE	OPTION MAINSIZE	SIZE	Storage	S,M,C
SKIPREC OPTION SKIPREC SORT SKIPREC	SKIPREC	OPTION SKIPREC SORT SKIPREC	NO	Skip records	S,C
OPTION SMF	NO	NO	SMF	SMF records	S,M,C
SOLRF\|NOSOLRF OPTION SOLRF\|NOSOLRF	SOLRF\|NOSOLRF	OPTION SOLRF\|NOSOLRF	SOLRF	SORTOUT length	S,M,C
OPTION SORTDD	NO	NO²	NO	ddname prefix	S,M,C
OPTION SORTIN⁷	NO	NO²	NO	Alternate SORTIN ddname	S,C
NO	NO	NO	SORTLIB	Conventional modules library	S,M
OPTION SORTOUT⁸	NO	NO²	NO	Alternate SORTOUT ddname	S,M,C
SPANINC OPTION SPANINC	SPANINC	OPTION SPANINC	SPANINC	Incomplete spanned records action	S,M,C
STOPAFT OPTION STOPAFT SORT STOPAFT	STOPAFT	OPTION STOPAFT SORT STOPAFT	NO	Input limit	S,C
NO	NO	NO	SVC	DFSORT SVC Information	S,M,C
SZERO\|NOSZERO OPTION SZERO\|NOSZERO	SZERO\|NOSZERO	OPTION SZERO\|NOSZERO	SZERO	Signed or unsigned zero	S,M,C
NO	NO	NO	TEXIT	ICETEXIT	S,M,C
NO	NO	NO	TMAXLIM	Maximum storage above and below 16MB virtual⁶	S,M,C
NO	NO	NO	TUNE	Optimize central storage or disk work space	S
TRUNC OPTION TRUNC	TRUNC	OPTION TRUNC	TRUNC	DFSORT LRECL truncation action	S,M,C
RECORD TYPE	NO	RECORD TYPE	NO	Record format	S,M,C
VERIFY\|NOVERIFY OPTION VERIFY\|NOVERIFY	VERIFY\|NOVERIFY	OPTION VERIFY\|NOVERIFY	VERIFY	Sequence check	S,M
NO	NO	NO	VIO	SORTWK virtual I/O	S
VLLONG\|NOVLLONG OPTION VLLONG\|NOVLLONG	VLLONG\|NOVLLONG	OPTION VLLONG\|NOVLLONG	VLLONG	Truncate long output records	S,M,C
VLSCMP\|NOVLSCMP OPTION VLSCMP\|NOVLSCMP	VLSCMP\|NOVLSCMP	OPTION VLSCMP\|NOVLSCMP	VLSCMP	Pad short compare fields	S,M,C
VLSHRT\|NOVLSHRT OPTION VLSHRT\|NOVLSHRT	VLSHRT\|NOVLSHRT	OPTION VLSHRT\|NOVLSHRT	VLSHRT	Action for short control or compare fields	S,M,C
NO	NO	NO	VSAMBSP	VSAM buffer space	S
VSAMEMT\|NVSAMEMT OPTION VSAMEMT\|NVSAMEMT	VSAMEMT\|NVSAMEMT	OPTION VSAMEMT\|NVSAMEMT	VSAMEMT	Emty VSAM input	S,M,C
VSAMIO\|NOVSAMIO OPTION VSAMIO\|NOVSAMIO	VSAMIO\|NOVSAMIO	OPTION VSAMIO\|NOVSAMIO	VSAMIO	Same VSAM input and output	S
WRKREL\|NOWRKREL OPTION WRKREL\|NOWRKREL	WRKREL\|NOWRKREL	OPTION WRKREL\|NOWRKREL	WRKREL	Release SORTWK space	S
WRKSEC\|NOWRKSEC OPTION WRKSEC\|NOWRKSEC	WRKSEC\|NOWRKSEC	OPTION WRKSEC\|NOWRKSEC	WRKSEC	SORTWK secondary allocation	S
Y2PAST OPTION Y2PAST SORT\|MERGE Y2PAST	Y2PAST	OPTION Y2PAST SORT\|MERGE Y2PAST	Y2PAST	Set century window	S,M,C
ZDPRINT\|NZDPRINT OPTION ZDPRINT\|NZDPRINT	ZDPRINT\|NZDPRINT	OPTION ZDPRINT\|NZDPRINT	ZDPRINT	ZD SUM results	S,M