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Posted: **Fri Oct 05, 2012 5:06 pm**

Is it possible to call DFSORT from REXX with "DDname substitution list"?

//Lasse

Found this for IEBGENER:

Parm = "" /* No PARM= parm */
DDlist = copies( '00'x, 8 ) !!, /* DD 1: SYSLIN */
copies( '00'x, 8 ) !!, /* DD 2: n/a */
copies( '00'x, 8 ) !!, /* DD 3: SYSLMOD */
copies( '00'x, 8 ) !!, /* DD 4: SYSLIB */
left( SysinDD, 8 ) !!, /* DD 5: SYSIN */
left( SysprintDD, 8 ) !!, /* DD 6: SYSPRINT */
copies( '00'x, 8 ) !!, /* DD 7: SYSPUNCH */
left( Sysut1DD, 8 ) !!, /* DD 8: SYSUT1 */
left( Sysut2DD, 8 ) !!, /* DD 9: SYSUT2 */
copies( '00'x, 8 ) !!, /* DD 10: SYSUT3 */
copies( '00'x, 8 ) !!, /* DD 11: SYSUT4 */
copies( '00'x, 8 ) !!, /* DD 12: SYSTERM */
copies( '00'x, 8 ) !!, /* DD 13: n/a */
copies( '00'x, 8 ) /* DD 14: SYSCIN */

/* Call IEBGENER with two pointers: the first to a null PARM
string and the second to the DD name substitution list */

address LINKMVS "IEBGENER Parm DDlist"

Posted: **Fri Oct 05, 2012 7:03 pm**

What happened when you tried?

Posted: **Fri Oct 05, 2012 7:07 pm**

Haven't tried it cause I don't now in what order the ddnames should be
//L

Posted: **Fri Oct 05, 2012 8:13 pm**

LasseH wrote:Is it possible to call DFSORT from REXX with "DDname substitution list"? ...

Does the DFSORT manual say, anywhere, that DFSORT accepts a DD name override list similar to the list accepted by many IBM utiliity and language processing programs such as the Cobol compiler? The same place, if it exists, will tell you the contents of the override list.

Posted: **Fri Oct 05, 2012 8:46 pm**

LasseH,

Check this link for an example of invoking DFSORT from Rexx

http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ ... 1ca60/11.3?

Check this link for overriding the DDnames (SORTIN , SORTOUT, MSGDD)

http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ ... 1ca60/3.14?

Posted: **Mon Oct 15, 2012 4:52 pm**

steve-myers wrote:
LasseH wrote:Is it possible to call DFSORT from REXX with "DDname substitution list"? ...
Does the DFSORT manual say, anywhere, that DFSORT accepts a DD name override list similar to the list accepted by many IBM utiliity and language processing programs such as the Cobol compiler? The same place, if it exists, will tell you the contents of the override list.

Hi Steve, Sorry for asking.....

Posted: **Mon Oct 15, 2012 5:21 pm**

There's no harm in asking, but you really should be doing this research before you ask.

When an Assembler program calls a program that provides DD overrides, the code is something like -

Select all

LINK SF=(E,LINKPARM),MF=(E,PGMPARM)
...
LINKPARM LINK SF=L,EP=load-module-name
PGMPARM CALL ,(PARMTEXT,DDLIST),VL,MF=L
PARMTEXT DC H'length',C'blah,blah'
DDLIST DC H'length'
DC CL8'ddname'
DC CL8'ddname'
...
DC CL8'ddname'

If you had bothered to look at DFSORT documentation, which evidently you did not do, something like this is not discussed anywhere.

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