Joe Geiser wrote:
>
> I have a strange requirement to sort a rather large file, with an
> extremely large record length as denoted in the screenshot below.
> SORT.PUB.SYS and of course, COBOL SORT (which uses SORTLIB) both abort due
> to the lack of Stack Space.
>
> Since SORT is *still* CM, and I've tried the maximum ;STACK= and ;MAXDATA
> parameters, and they are set to the max in SYSGEN, does anyone in this
> esteemed community have any clue how to possibly get around this little
> problem (other than cutting the file down to size, which is my *last*
> resort).  It seems to me that SORT should be able to handle something like
> this...
>
> TIA,
>
> Joe
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Joe,

If memory serves me right sort/3000 uses a temporary disc file called
sorter, try using a file reference ie.  :file sorter;disc=50000
this will allow sort/3000 to exceed the default disc limits for the
number of records.  Hope this helps.

Chris