Answer / srk

//jobname job .......
//stepname1 exec pgm=sort
//sysprint dd sysout=*
//sortin01 dd dsn=file1,disp=shr
//sortin02 dd dsn=file2,disp=shr
//sortout dd dsn=mergefile,.......
//sysout dd sysout=*
//sysin dd *
merge fields=(starting field,length,merge-sequence,format)

/*
*above is the merge condition
//

Answer / vikas pujar

1) Sortcard to merge two files will be
//Sysin dd *
Sort fields=copy
/*

2) When try two merge two files using sort, first thing to see is they are of same length. If they are not, change the length of one equal to other in one more step which come prior to sort step.

Answer / srinivas yadav

any one plz write the code for this.

Answer / vikas pujar

Continuation to last answer. If the input files are of VB, even if length vary, files will be merged. The file with Max
RECFM and BLKSIZE will be used for output. But for FB files RECFM should be same.

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