Summary of DFSORT control statements

The functions of the most important DFSORT control statements can be summarized briefly as follows:

SORT: Describes the fields for a sort application, or requests a copy application.
MERGE: Describes the fields for a merge application, or requests a copy application.
OPTION: Overrides installation defaults, or requests optional features or a copy application.
INCLUDE: Describes the criteria to be used to include records before they are sorted, copied or merged.
OMIT: Describes the criteria to be used to omit records before they are sorted, copied or merged.
INREC: Describes how records are to be reformatted before they are sorted, copied or merged.
OUTREC: Describes how records are to be reformatted after they are sorted, copied or merged.
SUM: Describes how fields are to be summed after sorting or merging.
OUTFIL: Describes various types of processing to be performed for one or more output data sets after sorting, copying or merging.
JOINKEYS, JOIN, REFORMAT: Describes a "joinkeys" application for joining two files on one or more keys.

The functions of the less important DFSORT control statements can be summarized briefly as follows: