Answer / Amit Kumar Dwivedi

DFSORT is a utility used in JCL to sort data. It reads a data set, sorts the records based on specified keys, and writes the sorted results to another data set. The DFSORT card takes various parameters like `KEYCARD`, `OUTRECFMT`, and `OUTFILE` to control how the sorting is performed.

What is the use of IEBGENER ?

2 Answers   Cap Gemini, Wipro,

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If a (+1) generation dataset is created in the first step of a job, how can it be referenced in later steps of the same job for input?

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What are the common jcl syntax errors you get? This is not abends?

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what is check pending option

1 Answers   Fujitsu,

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1 Answers   IBM,

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8 Answers   ADP,

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In sms datasets, what is the function of the dd avgrec keyword?

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What is the difference b/w the CLASS,TIME,PRTY in jcl job card.

4 Answers   Syntel,

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Suppose we have 5 steps in a job.No step should be executed After submitting every step in a job

2 Answers   AVB, IBM,

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how to edit a tape dataset ? asked in wipro

1 Answers   Wipro,

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