SUPERC tool showed timeout error!
Suggest you run this in batch. If the job abends with a timeout, ask your support people which class you should use for a job that exceeds the allowed time for the class you are using. Your organization may permit changing the TIME parameter on the JOB statement to allow more.
The maximum length of a field you can sort is 4092 for character data. So you cannot use SORT to compare 7000 bytes of data. You need to write a program for the comparison.
Did you read Kolusu's post? Right above your last?
Because your record is 7000 bytes, you are running into limits. DFSORT is not a file-comparison product.
Are you expecting your files to match? Is there something you regard as a "key"?
Did you try the suggestion about SUPERC?
SUPERC, I tried as batch program. It took almost 6 hours to complete and then abended. SUPERC is time consuming. There is a 9 digit key starting from 12th position.
OK, odd, but what about my other questions?
Plus, are there duplicates on either file on the basis of the key?
About how many records are we talking of?
The ID which starts from 12th position will be same for both files since sorted. We have to check whether there is any change is remaining record.
Have you started on your 2 file match program yet? You could have done it by now even working on it part-time.
Will it be possible? Because only first part contains the KEY.