The output files can contain the same or different records.
The records in the output files can be identically or differently formatted.
Whether the input files are fixed-length or variable-length, the output files may be either.
Note that all the output files will be sequenced in the same way, as specified on the SORT or MERGE control statement. If you need to sort the output files differently, you should use Syncsort PipeSort, a Precisely product that works with Syncsort™ MFX to reduce total elapsed time by generating multiple, differently sequenced output files from a single read of the input data.
The OUTFIL parameters associated with this task are CONVERT, ENDREC, FILES, FINDREP, FNAMES, FTOV, IFTHEN, INCLUDE/OMIT, NULLOFL, OUTREC, OVERLAY, REPEAT, SAMPLE, SAVE, SPLIT, SPLITBY, SPLIT1R, STARTREC, VLFILL, VLTRAIL, and VLTRIM.