How to determine whether a dataset is sorted or not?

killer · New User Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 3

Hi all

I'd like to know if/how it is possible to use DFSORT/ICETOOL to just determine if a dataset is sorted or not, and then give a suitable returncode. I'd like to invoke the sort from JCL.

regards

Killer

mallikiran · Active User Joined: 07 Sep 2005 Posts: 52

Sort the input file in the order you expect it be sorted and then compare the original file and sorted file using SUPERC. SUPERC reports differences even if the order of the records are different.
If RC=1, then the input file was not sorted, if RC=0, then the input file was sorted.

Alain Benveniste · Active User Joined: 14 Feb 2005 Posts: 90

Killer,

If the file is sorted you will have RC=0, if not RC=16