File Handling

Table of Contents

Index

Chapter 9: Mfsort Utility

• 9.1 Emulation of Dfsort
• 9.2 Invoking Mfsort
  • 9.2.1 Instructions
    • 9.2.1.1 FIELDS Instruction
      • 9.2.1.1.1 Field Types
    • 9.2.1.2 Defining Input and Output Files
      • 9.2.1.2.1 RECORD Instruction
      • 9.2.1.2.2 ORG Instruction
      • 9.2.1.2.3 KEY Instruction
• 9.3 Example Commands
  • 9.3.1 Sorting Using More Than One File
    • 9.3.1.1 Character Sort in Ascending Order
    • 9.3.1.2 Numeric Sort in Descending Order
    • 9.3.1.3 Omitting Records
  • 9.3.2 Single File Sort Using INCLUDE and a Sub-string Comparison
  • 9.3.3 Transforming Records Using OUTREC
  • 9.3.4 Sort Using OUTFIL for Complex Reporting
    • 9.3.4.1 Input data
    • 9.3.4.2 Mfsort Command
    • 9.3.4.3 Output
• 9.4 Workfile
• 9.5 Error Messages