MFJSORT Summary Messages

After successfully completing a SORT operation, MFJSORT displays a summary of the operation, including information such as the number of records read and written. The following is an example of this summary information:

SORT204I: ********************* Sort Statistics *********************

SORT 205I: INPUT file 'SORTIN'

1267 record(s) input.

1252 record(s) used.

SORT206I: OUTPUT file 'SORTOUT'

1210 record(s) used.

1240 record(s) output.

SORT207I: OUTFIL file 'SORTFIL;

2 record(s) used

6 record(s) output

SORT399I: End of Micro Focus MFJSORT Utility

This provides the following information:

• A total of 1267 records were read.
• Of the 1267 records read, MFJSORT used 1252. MFJSORT might read a record but not use it because, for example, the record could fail to meet the conditions specified in an OMIT or INCLUDE statement, or records could be combined through the action of the SUM statement.
• MFJSORT output 1210 records. This could be less than the number of records used because some of the released records failed to satisfy conditions specified in the OUTFIL OMIT or OUTFIL INCLUDE statements.
• 1240 sorted records were written to SORTOUT. The 30 extra records above the number of returned records might be report headers or trailers.
• For records for OUTFIL DD statements, MFJSORT used 2 records and output 6. The reasons for the difference between these numbers are the same as described above.

If the number of records read is the same as the number of records released, the messages for those two pieces of information are combined. Similarly, the messages showing the number of records returned and written are combined if their numbers are the same.