I am getting the file from Unix to Mainframes for every 15
minutes. The mainframe job get abended with bad records
coming from unix. I recovered that by deleting the bad data.
I need permenant solution how to fix the issue? The record
is getting characters in in first 9 positions which it
should not.
Please provide me the solution how to skip the records if
it finds the charcters in the first 9 positions.
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I am getting the file from Unix to Mainframes for every 15 minutes. The mainframe job get abended ..

Answer / krish

Its having bad data in first 9 positions..
use sort omit condition to reject those records

OMIT COND = (STRATPOS,LENGTH,TYPE,REL OPERT,VALUE)

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I am getting the file from Unix to Mainframes for every 15 minutes. The mainframe job get abended ..

Answer / amy

TRY OUT SORT UTILITY---
//STEP1 EXEC PGM=SORT
//SORTIN DD DSN=INPUT.FROM.UNIX
//SORTOUT DD DSN=OUTPUT.AT.MAINFRM.
//SORTWRK DD ------
//SYSIN DD *
SORT FIELDS=COPY
INREC FIELDS=(1:10,71)
/*
//* ASSUMING LRECL=80.OTHERWISE CHANGE 71 TO (LRECL-9)

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I am getting the file from Unix to Mainframes for every 15 minutes. The mainframe job get abended ..

Answer / aiswarya

Sort the file Using syncsort and skip the first 9
characeters using SKIPREC
//SYSIN DD *
SORT FILEDS=COPY
SKIPREC=N

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