DFSORT can be invoked dynamically from programs written in COBOL or PL/I. Specific information on dynamic invocation is covered in the COBOL and PL/I programming guides. JCL requirements are the same as those for assembler.

This section explains what you need to know to initiate DFSORT from within your assembler program using a system macro instruction instead of an EXEC job control statement in the input stream. Specific restrictions on invoking DFSORT from PL/I and COBOL are listed in Restrictions for dynamic invocation.