HP RPG/iX Utilities Reference Manual (30318-90006)

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3 Chapter 2 Header Specifications
When you enter Header Specifications you are telling XSORT the following:
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• The type of sort you want to do--Address-out, Record-out, or Count-only.
• The format you have selected for the sorted file.
• The information you wish to have printed to help you check for errors.
Only one Header Specification is needed for each sort job.
Header Specification Column Entries
The following table summarizes the types of column entries.
Table 1: Header Specification Column Entries
Columns Entries Explanation
1-5 Any value Line number.
6* H Header line identification.
7-12* SORTA
SORTR
SORTC
Address-out sort.
Record-out sort
Count-only sort.
13-17* 1-256 Largest sum of control field lengths for any Record Section (in bytes).
18** A
D
Records in sorted file to be in ascending order by control fields.
Records in sorted file to be in descending order by control fields.
19-25 Blank Reserved.
26 Blank
S
Use standard ASCII collating sequence in compare operations.
Use an alternate collating sequence in compare operations.
ALTSEQ specs will define the collating sequence desired.