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Output File
The output file is your sorted file. It can be a sequential MPE file or
an already existing KSAM file. The output can be given in one of three
formats:
* Address-out.
* Record-out.
* Count-only. (No output file is produced. XSORT only prints sort
statistics.)
The formal file designator is XSORTOUT.
If XSORTOUT does not already exist (non-disk files by definition already
exist) then XSORT will create it as a job temporary disk file. If
XSORTOUT does already exist, then it must be the same file as XSORTIN. In
such an instance, the sort is an in place sort. (This requirement can be
overridden by coding a "Y" in column 8 of the S Option specs to allow
output to an existing file other than XSORTIN.) XSORTOUT can never be the
same as any of the XSORTIN1 through XSORTIN9 files in a multiple-file
sort.