Invoking additional functions and options

You can use the remaining control statements to perform a variety of tasks.

ALTSEQ: Specifies changes to the ALTSEQ translation table to be used for SORT, MERGE, INCLUDE or OMIT fields with format AQ, for INREC, OUTREC, and OUTFIL fields with TRAN=ALTSEQ, and for INREC, OUTREC, and OUTFIL fields with format AQ in logical expressions.
DEBUG: Specifies various diagnostic options.
END: Causes DFSORT to discontinue reading SYSIN, SORTCNTL, or DFSPARM.
MODS: Specifies use of one or more user exit routines in a DFSORT application. See Using your own user exit routines for information about user exit routines.
RECORD: Can be used to supply length and type information.
SUM: Specifies that numeric summary fields in records with equal control fields are summed in one record and that the other records are deleted.