SAS(R) 9.1.3 Companion for z/OS

SORT= System Option
System Option Environment Variable
TCPIPMCH TCPIP_MACH
TCPIPPRF TCPIP_PREFIX
ICSRSLV ICS_RESOLVER
Specifies the minimum size of all allocated sort work data sets
System Options under z/OS SORT= System Option 499
Default: 0
Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, OPTIONS window
Category: Sort: SORT
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= SORT
z/OS specifics: all
Syntax
SORT=n | nK | MIN | MAX | hexX
n | nK
specifies the value of SORT= in multiples of 1 (bytes); 1,024 (kilobytes); 1,048,576
(megabytes); or 1,073,741,824 (gigabytes). You can specify decimal values for the
number of kilobytes, megabytes, or gigabytes. For example, a value of 8 specifies 8
bytes, a value of .782k specifies 801 bytes, and a value of 3m specifies 3,145,728 bytes.
MIN
sets SORT= to 0.
MAX
sets SORT= to 32,767.
hexX
specifies SORT= as a hexadecimal number.
Details
The SORT= option specifies the minimum size of all sort work files that SAS allocates.
The units are specified by the SORTUNIT= option. If the DYNALLOC system option is
specified, then any value that you specify for the SORT= option is ignored.
See Also
3 “SORTUNIT= System Option” on page 511
3 “DYNALLOC System Option” on page 425