HP 3000 Manuals

HP RPG/XL Utilities-Part 1 XSORT

Characteristics of XSORT: 

In extending and enhancing your sort capabilities, XSORT:

 *  Uses from one to nine input files.

 *  Employs multiple logical criteria to select records from MPE (disk
    and non-disk) and KSAM files, so you can process a subset of your
    input records.

 *  Builds a different sort key for each type of record using input
    record fields and forced control fields.  This facilitates the input
    of files with different data structures.

 *  Reformats each type of record upon output to give you a choice of
    record layouts.

 *  Can perform a count-only pass on the input files.  This permits you
    to conduct a preliminary search of your records or provide statistics
    on selected subsets of records.

MPE/iX 5.0 Documentation