The following enhancements have been made to file handling processes:
A new indexed file format, IDXFORMAT12, has been introduced to improve file maintenance and recovery procedures when using the rebuild utility. This file format is similar in structure and use to IDXFORMAT8. Where the two formats differ is that an IDXFORMAT12 file has an accompanying side file (.idx file) containing the indexed key information.
You can use this type of file with the new
rebuild /q option. This rebuild process is considerably quicker than other rebuild processes such as a data scrape or
rebuild /p.
Faster SORT operations for fixed block records - when using the DFSORT emulation, the performance when sorting fixed block records has greatly improved.
