Specifies the allocation space units for sort work files
| Default: |
CYLS
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| Valid in: |
configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS
statement, OPTIONS window
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| Category: |
Sort: SORT
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| OS/390 specifics: |
all
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SORTUNIT=CYL<S> | TRK<S> | BLK<S> | n
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- CYL<S>
- specifies that the space units be cylinders.
The space calculation for cylinder allocations requires that the characteristics
of the device on which the allocations will be made need to be known. The
device type is specified with the SORTDEV= option. The device type should
be specified as generic, such as 3390, rather than esoteric, such as DISK.
This is because when an esoteric name is specified, it is impossible to predict
what device type will be used and thus the device characteristics.
- TRK<S>
- specifies that the space units be track(s).
The space calculation for track allocations requires that the characteristics
of the device on which the allocations will be made need to be known. The
device type is specified with the SORTDEV= option. The device type should
be specified as generic, such as 3390, rather than esoteric, such as DISK.
This is because when an esoteric name is specified, it is impossible to predict
what device type will be used and thus the device characteristics will also
be unknown.
- BLK<S>
- specifies that the files will be allocated
with an average block size equal to the record length rounded up to approximately
6K (6144). Therefore, if the input record length was 136, the average block
size used for the allocation would be 6120.
- n
- is an integer that specifies the average
block size.
The SORTUNIT= option specifies the allocation
space units to be used if SAS dynamically allocates the sort work files (see
the DYNALLOC option).
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