The following example illustrates how disk space for a breakpoint data set might be allocated as part of a MAXSORT job control stream. These two statements would follow the JOB statement:
Figure 1. Sample Job Step Allocating Disk Space for a Breakpoint Data
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In this example, the name of the breakpoint data set is BKPT.DATA. Because this data set must be kept until MAXSORT has completed, DISP=(NEW,CATLG) has been specified. Supplying approximately 100K bytes of primary space and allowing for secondary allocation should be adequate.