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| SORTDEV= |
| Default: | SYSDA |
| Valid in: | configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, OPTIONS window |
| Category: | Sort: SORT |
| OS/390 specifics: | all |
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| SORTDEV=unit-device-name |
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The SORTDEV= option specifies the unit device name if SAS dynamically allocates the sort work file. (See DYNALLOC.) Use a generic device type unit name, such as 3390, rather than a group name, such as SYSDA. To determine the memory requirements, SAS must look up the device characteristics for the specified unit name. A group name might represent multiple device types, making it impossible to predict on which device type the sort work files will be allocated and, therefore, what the memory requirements will be.
For group names, the device characteristics of the WORK library are used. This may result in a warning message, unless NOSORTDEVWARN is in effect.
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