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

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!FILE XSORTIN2=TSTIN2 file designators

!FILE XSORTIN3=TSTIN3

!FILE XSORTOUT=TSTOUT

!RUN XSORT.PUB.SYS

00000HSORTR 4A X 33

00000S Y 35 Specifications

00005I C 33NECX imbedded in

00010FNC 6 9 job stream

00020FDC 1 32 EDITOR file

00030FDV *

!EOD

!SAVE TSTOUT

!FCOPY FROM=TSTOUT;TO=

!EOJ

1 S Option is used to provide the maximum number of records to be sorted.

NOTE The example uses XSORTIN1, XSORTIN2, etc. In a multiple input sort, XSORTIN

cannot be used to designate an input file. Input files must begin with XSORTIN1, but

may skip numbers. For example, XSORTIN3 could follow XSORTIN1.

Example 9: SORTC (Count-Only Sort)

Single input ﬁle, no output.

!JOB TSTXSRT9,MGR.SUBSYS,XSORT;OUTCLASS=,1

!COMMENT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A COUNT-ONLY SORT FROM

!COMMENT WHICH THERE IS NO OUTPUT OTHER THAN A STATISTICAL

!COMMENT REPORT ON THE RECORDS SELECTED TO SORT.*******

!COMMENT************************************************

!FCOPY FROM=TSTIN;TO=

!FILE XSORTIN=TSTIN

!RUN XSORT.PUB.SYS Specifications

00000HSORTC imbedded in

000051 C 33NECX job stream

!EOD EDITOR file

!EOJ

1 No purge of the XSORTOUT file is required.

2 No output file is designated since there is only a statistical report produced by a SORTC on the

records selected for processing.

NOTE Count-only (SORTC) can also be used with multiple file sorts. See Example 8 for uses