Program invoked DFSORT with the 24-bit parameter list

Table 1 shows where each sort, merge, or copy option may be specified when DFSORT is program invoked and a 24-bit parameter list is passed to it.

DFSPARM: PARM options selectively override corresponding options in any other source. DEBUG and OPTION control statement options selectively override corresponding options in SORTCNTL and the Parameter List. Control statements other than DEBUG and OPTION completely override corresponding control statements in SORTCNTL and the Parameter List.

SORTCNTL: DEBUG control statement options selectively override corresponding options in the Parameter List. Control statements other than DEBUG completely override corresponding control statements in the Parameter List.

SORT and MERGE are considered to be corresponding control statements.

INCLUDE and OMIT are considered to be corresponding control statements.

Table 1. 24-Bit List 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.
Specified with DFSPARM	Specified with SORTCNTL	Specified with 24-Bit List	Installation (INV, TSOINV or TDx)	Description of Option	Function
NO	NO	NO	ABCODE	ABEND code	S,M,C
DEBUG ABSTP	DEBUG ABSTP	DEBUG ABSTP	NO	Abnormal stop	S,M,C
ALTSEQ CODE	ALTSEQ CODE	X'F6' entry ALTSEQ CODE	ALTSEQ	Alternate sequence	S,M
ARESALL OPTION ARESALL	OPTION ARESALL	NO	ARESALL	System storage above 16MB virtual	S,M,C
OPTION ARESINV	OPTION ARESINV	NO	ARESINV	Storage above 16MB virtual for invoking program	S,M,C
DEBUG NOASSIST	DEBUG NOASSIST	DEBUG NOASSIST	NO	Bypass Sorting Instructions	S
AVGRLEN OPTION AVGRLEN	OPTION AVGRLEN	NO	NO	Average record length	S
BSAM DEBUG BSAM	DEBUG BSAM	DEBUG BSAM	NO	Force BSAM	S,M,C
DEBUG CFW\|NOCFW	DEBUG CFW\|NOCFW	DEBUG CFW\|NOCFW	CFW	Cache fast write	S
OPTION CHALT\|NOCHALT	OPTION CHALT\|NOCHALT	NO	CHALT	CH field sequence	S,M
OPTION CHECK\|NOCHECK	OPTION CHECK\|NOCHECK	NO	CHECK	Record count check	S,M,C
CINV\|NOCINV OPTION CINV\|NOCINV	OPTION CINV\|NOCINV	NO	CINV	Control interval access	S,M,C
COBEXIT OPTION COBEXIT	OPTION COBEXIT	NO	COBEXIT	COBOL library	S,M,C
INCLUDE\|OMIT COND\|FORMAT	INCLUDE\|OMIT COND\|FORMAT	INCLUDE\|OMIT COND\|FORMAT	NO	Include\|Omit fields	S,M,C
OPTION COPY SORT\|MERGE FIELDS	OPTION COPY SORT\|MERGE FIELDS	SORT\|MERGE FIELDS	NO	Copy records	C
DEBUG CTRx	DEBUG CTRx	DEBUG CTRx	NO	ABEND record count	S,M
NO	NO	NO	day	Time-of-day for activation	S,M,C
NO	NO	NO	DIAGSIM	Simulate SORTDIAG DD statement	S,M,C
DSA OPTION DSA	OPTION DSA	NO	DSA	Dynamic storage adjustment limit	S
DSPSIZE OPTION DSPSIZE	OPTION DSPSIZE	NO	DSPSIZE	dataspace sorting	S
DYNALLOC OPTION DYNALLOC SORT DYNALLOC	OPTION DYNALLOC SORT DYNALLOC	SORT DYNALLOC	DYNALOC¹	Dynamic SORTWKs	S
DYNALLOC OPTION DYNALLOC\|USEWKDD SORT DYNALLOC	OPTION DYNALLOC SORT DYNALLOC	SORT DYNALLOC	DYNAUTO	Automatic DYNALLOC	S
DYNAPCT OPTION DYNAPCT	OPTION DYNAPCT	NO	DYNAPCT	Additional work data sets	S
DYNSPC OPTION DYNSPC	OPTION DYNSPC	NO	DYNSPC	Dynamic allocation default space	S
EFS OPTION EFS	NO²	NO	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	OPTION EQUALS\|NOEQUALS SORT\|MERGE EQUALS\| NOEQUALS	SORT\|MERGE EQUALS\|NOEQUALS	EQUALS	Equal record order	S,M
DEBUG EQUCOUNT	DEBUG EQUCOUNT	DEBUG EQUCOUNT	NO	Equal key count message	S
ABEND\|NOABEND DEBUG ABEND\|NOABEND	DEBUG ABEND\|NOABEND	DEBUG ABEND\|NOABEND	ERET	Error action	S,M,C
DEBUG ESTAE\|NOESTAE	DEBUG ESTAE\|NOESTAE	DEBUG ESTAE\|NOESTAE	ESTAE	ESTAE routine	S,M,C
OPTION EXITCK	OPTION EXITCK	NO	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 MODS E15³\| HILEVEL=YES	MODS E15³\| HILEVEL=YES	Offset 18 entry³ MODS E15³\| HILEVEL=YES	NO	User exit E15	S,C
NO	NO	Offset 18 entry	NO	User exit E32	M
E35=COB MODS E35³\|HILEVEL=YES	MODS E35³\|HILEVEL=YES	Offset 22 entry³ MODS E35³\| HILEVEL=YES	NO	User exit E35	S,M,C
MODS Exx	MODS Exx	MODS Exx	NO	User Exit Exx (xx=11,16-19, 31,37-39, and 61)	S,M,C⁴
INREC parameters	INREC parameters	INREC parameters	NO	INREC reformatting	S,M,C
JOINKEYS parameters	JOINKEYS parameters	JOINKEYS parameters	NO	JOINKEYS processing	S,C
JOIN parameters	JOIN parameters	JOIN parameters	NO	JOIN options	S,C
OUTREC parameters	OUTREC parameters	OUTREC parameters	NO	OUTREC reformatting	S,M,C
REFORMAT parameters	REFORMAT parameters	REFORMAT parameters	NO	REFORMAT fields	S,C
SORT\|MERGE FIELDS\|FORMAT	SORT\|MERGE FIELDS\|FORMAT	SORT\|MERGE FIELDS\|FORMAT	NO	Control fields	S,M,C
SUM FIELDS\|FORMAT	SUM FIELDS\|FORMAT	SUM FIELDS\|FORMAT	NO	Sum fields	S,M
MERGE FILES	MERGE FILES	X'04' entry MERGE FILES	NO	Merge input files	M
FILSZ OPTION FILSZ\|SIZE SORT\|MERGE FILSZ\|SIZE	OPTION FILSZ\|SIZE SORT\|MERGE FILSZ\|SIZE	SORT\|MERGE FILSZ\|SIZE	FSZEST	File size	S,M
NO	NO	NO	GENER	IEBGENER name	C
NO	NO	NO	GNPAD	ICEGENER LRECL padding action	C
NO	NO	NO	GNTRUNC	ICEGENER LRECL truncation action	C
HIPRMAX OPTION HIPRMAX	OPTION HIPRMAX	NO	HIPRMAX	Hipersorting	S
NO	NO	NO	IDRCPCT	IDRC compaction	S
NO	NO	NO	IEXIT	ICEIEXIT	S,M,C
OPTION CKPT⁵ SORT\|MERGE CKPT⁵	OPTION CKPT⁵ SORT\|MERGE CKPT⁵	SORT\|MERGE CKPT⁵	IGNCKPT	Checkpoints	S
NO	NO	NO	IOMAXBF	Maximum SORTIN/ SORTOUT data set buffer space	S,M,C
RECORD LENGTH	RECORD LENGTH	RECORD LENGTH	NO	Record lengths	S,M,C
LIST\|NOLIST OPTION LIST\|NOLIST	NO²	NO	LIST	Print DFSORT control statements⁶	S,M,C
LISTX\|NOLISTX OPTION LISTX\|NOLISTX	NO²	NO	LISTX	Print control statements returned by an EFS program⁶	S,M,C
LOCALE OPTION LOCALE	NO²	NO	LOCALE	Locale processing	S,M,C
NO	NO	NO	MAXLIM	Maximum storage below 16MB virtual⁷	S,M,C
OPTION MERGEIN	NO²	NO	NO	Alternate MERGE ddnames	M
NO	NO	NO	MINLIM	Minimum storage	S,M,C
MOSIZE OPTION MOSIZE	OPTION MOSIZE	NO	MOSIZE	Memory object sorting	S
MOWRK\|NOMOWRK OPTION MOWRK\|NOMOWRK	OPTION MOWRK\|NOMOWRK	NO	MOWRK	Memory objects as work storage	S
MSGDDN OPTION MSGDDN	NO²	X'03' entry	MSGDDN	Alternate message ddname	S,M,C
NO	NO	NO	MSGCON	Write messages on master console	S,M,C
MSGPRT OPTION MSGPRT	NO²	X'FF' entry	MSGPRT	Print messages	S,M,C
OPTION NOBLKSET	OPTION NOBLKSET	NO	NO	Bypass Blockset	S,M
NO	NO	NO	NOMSGDD	Action when message data set missing	S,M,C
NULLOUT OPTION NULLOUT	OPTION NULLOUT	NO	NULLOUT	Action when no records for SORTOUT	S,M,C
ODMAXBF OPTION ODMAXBF	OPTION ODMAXBF	NO	ODMAXBF	Maximum OUTFIL data set buffer space	S,M,C
OUTFIL¹⁰	OUTFIL¹⁰	OUTFIL¹⁰	NO	OUTFIL processing	S,M,C
OUTREL\|NOOUTREL OPTION NOOUTREL	OPTION NOOUTREL	NO	OUTREL	Release output data set space	S,M,C
OPTION NOOUTSEC	OPTION NOOUTSEC	NO	OUTSEC	Output data set secondary allocation	S,M,C
NO	NO	NO	OVERRGN	Storage over REGION	S,M,C
OVFLO OPTION OVFLO	OPTION OVFLO	NO	OVFLO	Summary fields overflow action	S,M
PAD OPTION PAD	OPTION PAD	NO	PAD	DFSORT LRECL padding action	S,M,C
NO	NO	NO	PARMDDN	Alternate ddname for DFSPARM	S,M,C
RESALL OPTION RESALL	OPTION RESALL	NO	RESALL	System reserved storage⁷	S,M,C
RESET\|NORESET OPTION RESET\|NORESET	OPTION RESET\|NORESET	NO	RESET	NEW or MOD VSAM output	S,M,C
OPTION RESINV	OPTION RESINV	X'01' entry	RESINV	Program reserved storage⁷	S,M,C
SDB OPTION SDB	OPTION SDB	NO	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	OPTION MAINSIZE	X'00' entry	SIZE	Storage	S,M,C
SKIPREC OPTION SKIPREC SORT\|MERGE SKIPREC	OPTION SKIPREC SORT\|MERGE SKIPREC	SORT\|MERGE SKIPREC	NO	Skip records	S,C
OPTION SMF	NO	NO	SMF	SMF records	S,M,C
SOLRF\|NOSOLRF OPTION SOLRF\|NOSOLRF	OPTION SOLRF\|NOSOLRF	NO	SOLRF	SORTOUT length	S,M,C
OPTION SORTDD	NO²	Prefix entry	NO	ddname prefix	S,M,C
OPTION SORTIN⁸	NO²	NO	NO	Alternate SORTIN ddname	S,C
NO	NO	NO	SORTLIB	Conventional modules library	S,M
OPTION SORTOUT⁹	NO²	NO	NO	Alternate SORTOUT ddname	S,M,C
SPANINC OPTION SPANINC	OPTION SPANINC	NO	SPANINC	Incomplete spanned records action	S,M,C
STOPAFT OPTION STOPAFT SORT\|MERGE STOPAFT	OPTION STOPAFT SORT\|MERGE STOPAFT	SORT\|MERGE STOPAFT	NO	Input limit	S,C
NO	NO	NO	SVC	DFSORT SVC information	S,M,C
SZERO\|NOSZERO OPTION SZERO\|NOSZERO	OPTION SZERO\|NOSZERO	NO	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 virtual⁷	S,M,C
NO	NO	NO	TUNE	Optimize central storage or disk work space	S
TRUNC OPTION TRUNC	OPTION TRUNC	NO	TRUNC	DFSORT LRECL truncation action	S,M,C
RECORD TYPE	RECORD TYPE	RECORD TYPE	NO	Record format	S,M,C
VERIFY\|NOVERIFY OPTION VERIFY\|NOVERIFY	OPTION VERIFY\|NOVERIFY	NO	VERIFY	Sequence check	S,M
NO	NO	NO	VIO	SORTWK virtual I/O	S
VLLONG\|NOVLLONG OPTION VLLONG\|NOVLLONG	OPTION VLLONG\|NOVLLONG	NO	VLLONG	Truncate long output records	S,M,C
VLSCMP\|NOVLSCMP OPTION VLSCMP\|NOVLSCMP	OPTION VLSCMP\|NOVLSCMP	NO	VLSCMP	Pad short compare fields	S,M,C
VLSHRT\|NOVLSHRT OPTION VLSHRT\|NOVLSHRT	OPTION VLSHRT\|NOVLSHRT	NO	VLSHRT	Action for short control or compare field	S,M,C
NO	NO	NO	VSAMBSP	VSAM buffer space	S
VSAMEMT\|NVSAMEMT OPTION VSAMEMT\| NVSAMEMT	OPTION VSAMEMT\|NVSAMEMT	NO	VSAMEMT	Empty VSAM input	S,M,C
VSAMIO\|NOVSAMIO OPTION VSAMIO\|NOVSAMIO	OPTION VSAMIO\|NOVSAMIO	NO	VSAMIO	Same VSAM input and output	S
WRKREL\|NOWRKREL OPTION WRKREL\|NOWRKREL	OPTION WRKREL\|NOWRKREL	NO	WRKREL	Release SORTWK space	S
WRKSEC\|NOWRKSEC OPTION WRKSEC\|NOWRKSEC	OPTION WRKSEC\| NOWRKSEC	NO	WRKSEC	SORTWK secondary allocation	S
Y2PAST OPTION Y2PAST SORT\|MERGE Y2PAST	OPTION Y2PAST SORT\|MERGE Y2PAST	SORT\|MERGE Y2PAST	Y2PAST	Set century window	S,M,C
ZDPRINT\|NZDPRINT OPTION ZDPRINT\|NZDPRINT	OPTION ZDPRINT\|NZDPRINT	NO	ZDPRINT	ZD SUM results	S,M