You can use the supplied SORTD cataloged procedure when you do not include user routines or when you include user routines that do not require binding or link-editing.

When you specify EXEC PROC=SORTD or EXEC SORTD, the following JCL statements are generated:

//SORT  EXEC  PGM=ICEMAN                             00
//STEPLIB DD  DSNAME=yyy,DISP=SHR                    10
//SORTLIB DD  DSNAME=xxx,DISP=SHR                    20
//SYSOUT  DD  SYSOUT=A                               30

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Explanation

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The stepname of the SORTD procedure is SORT

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The STEPLIB DD statement defines the data set containing the DFSORT program modules. If DFSORT was installed as part of the normal system link libraries, the STEPLIB DD statement is unnecessary. It is needed only if DFSORT resides in a separate link library which is not part of the "link list." (Your installation's system programmers can give you this information.) The STEPLIB DD statement shown assumes that the data set name represented by yyy is cataloged.

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The SORTLIB DD statement defines a private data set that contains the modules needed for a sort using tape work files or a merge that uses the Conventional technique. The data set name of the program subroutine library, represented by xxx, is specified at installation time; it can be SYS1.SORTLIB.

If the modules were installed in a system library and installation option SORTLIB=SYSTEM is used, then the SORTLIB DD statement is unnecessary and is ignored unless dynamic link edit of user exits is used.

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Directs messages to system output class A