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Creating a History (Output) File

The presence of a history file ddname in the SORT statement indicates to CA JARS that a history file is to be produced (positions 55-62). The history-level flag (position 63) must be coded to define the level of detail to be contained within the history file.

The ddname requested on the SORT statement must also have an output JCL statement in the run deck. For example, if the SORT statement contains the ddname HISTORY3, the JCL statement would be:

//HISTORY3 DD DSN=...