Problem with RECFM=U
Posted:
Thu Sep 11, 2008 12:19 pm
by Vatsalya
I have a SORTIN data set with the attributes RECORD FORMAT=U. I'm getting the error
ICE043A K INVALID DATA SET ATTRIBUTES SPECIFIED SORTOUT RECFM
Re: Problem with RECFM=U
Posted:
Thu Sep 11, 2008 2:49 pm
by MrSpock
RECFM=U is a load library. What possible reason would you have to process it with a SORT?
Re: Problem with RECFM=U
Posted:
Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:24 pm
by expat
RECFM=U can also be used as output from DFdss - but I wouldask why it needs to sorted
Re: Problem with RECFM=U
Posted:
Tue Sep 16, 2008 11:30 pm
by Frank Yaeger
Vatsalya,
You're getting that message because DFSORT does not support processing of RECFM=U data sets. If you had looked up the ICE043A message in "z/OS DFSORT Messages, Codes and Diagnosis" or with LookAt, you would have seen that one of the bullets under Explanation for that message is:
The record format of the input or output data set was U (undefined).