Environment name

Default

Values

Description 

XSORT_LOG

none

NONE

VERBOSE

TRACE

controls the level of XSORT messaging

XSORT_MODE

MVS

MVS

VSE

sets the compatibility mode

XSORT_ALTSEQ_CARDS

ASCII

ASCII

EBCDIC

sets the encoding of ALTSEQ codes recognition

XSORT_TMPDIR

-

Any valid path

sets the temporary path.

If not set, XSORT looks, in the order reported, for $TMP, $TMPDIR and $PWD

XSORT_Y2PAST

50

two digits number

sets the default Y2PAST limit

XVSAM_VAR_FMT

XSORT_VAR_FMT

IBM

IBM

XFRAME

sets the variable record length format.

If XVSAM_VAR_FMT is not set, xsort looks for XSORT_VAR_FMT.

If it is not set it assumes IBM mode.

XSORT_IGNORE_RDW_ON_VSAM

NO

YES

NO

if set to YES, XSORT handles VSAM variable length records, without taking care of the 4 byte RDW (Record Descr. Word).