OPTION

The following parameters of this SYNCSORT control statement are supported in MFSORT and MFJSORT. To enable this support, set the MFJSENGINE environment variable.

Note: SYNCSORT emulation allows you to omit the equals sign (=) between a keyword and its bracketed parameters; for example, OUTREC(05:5,10).

           +---------,-------------+
           V                       |
>--OPTION--.--.-CENTWIN---------.--.----------<<
              |                 |
              +-COPY------------+
              |                 |
              +-EFS=.-name-.----+
              |     +-NONE-+    |
              |                 |
              +-.-EQUALS---.----+
              | +-NOEQUALS-+    |
              |                 |
              +-OVFLO=.-RC0--.--+
              |       +-RC4--+  |
              |       +-RC16-+  |
	             |                 |
              +--SKIPREC=z------+
              |                 |
              +--STOPAFT=n------+
              |                 |
              +--Y2PAST=.-s-.---+
              |         +-f-+   |   
              |                 |
              +-.-ZDPRINT--.----+
              | +-NZDPRINT-+    |
              |                 |
              +-VLSHRT----------+

Note: VLSHRT is ON by default.

In this COBOL system, the following parameter fields for this control statement are only parsed and ignored:

Parameter	Fields
ARESALL	`(n \| nK \| nM)`
ARESINV	`(n \| nK \| nM)`
AVGRLEN	`n`
CHALT
NOCHALT
CHECK
NOCHECK
CINV
NOCINV
CKPT
COBEXIT	`(COB1 \| COB2)`
DSA	`n`
DSPSIZE	`MAX`
DYNALLOC	`[=(d \| n \| d,n \| OFF)]`
EXITCK	`(STRONG \| WEAK)`
FILSZ	`(x \| Ex \| Ux)`
SIZE	`(y \| Ey \| Uy)`
HIRPMAX	`(OPTIMAL \| n \| P%)`
LIST
NOLIST
LISTX
NOLISTX
LOCALE	`(name \| CURRENT \| NONE)`
MAINSIZE	`(n \| nK \| nM \| MAX)`
MOSIZE	`(MAX \| n \| p%)`
MSGDDN	`ddname`
MSGPRT	`(ALL \| NONE \| CRITICAL)`
PRINT
NOBLKSET
NOOUTREL
NOOUTSEC
NULLOUT	`(RC0 \| RC4 \| RC16)`
ODMAXBF	`(n \| nK \| nM)`
PAD	`(RC0 \| RC4 \| RC16)`
RESALL	`(n \| nK \| nM)`
RESET
NORESET
RESINV	`(n \| nK \| nM)`
SDB	`(LARGE \| YES \| INPUT \| NO)`
SMF	`(SHORT \| FULL \| NO)`
SOLRF
NOSOLRF
SORTDD	`cccc`
SORTIN	`ddname`
SORTOUT	`ddname`
SPANINC	`(RC0 \| RC4 \| RC16)`
SZERO
NOSZERO
TRUNC	`(RC0 \| RC4 \| RC16)`
USEWKDD
VERIFY
NOVERIFY
VLLONG
NOVLLONG
VLSCMP
NOVLSCMP
NOVLSHRT
VSAMEMT
NVSAMEMT
VSAMIO
NOVSAMIO
WRKREL
NOWRKREL
WRKSEC
NOWRKSEC

Use the following table as a guide to help you understand the options that are ignored:

Symbol	Meaning
(...)	Options within these brackets are required.
[...]	Options with these brackets are optional.
+	This symbol follows a set of required or optional brackets to indicate that more than one option can be specified, delimited by a comma.
\|	This symbol delimits options enclosed in required or optional brackets, to indicate a choice from these options.