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                                SORT.HLP

The general command format is:
OUTPUT=INPUT/SWITCH:ARGUMENT,...

The switches are:

AFTER           Write ASCII record after <cr-lf>
ALIGN           Word align all output ASCII records (saves time)
ALPHANUMERIC    Data type
ASCII           Data mode of file
BEFORE          Write ASCII record before <cr-lf>
BINARY          Data mode of file
BLOCK:n         n = Blocking factor
CHECK           When merging check the sequence of the input records
COMP            Computational data type
COMP1           Floating point data type
COMP3           Packed (4 bits) decimal data type
COMPUTATIONAL   Data type
CORE            Low segment core size
EBCDIC          Data type
COLLATE:a       a is one of the following:
  ASCII         collating sequence
  EBCDIC        collating sequence
  FILE:file-spec
  LITERAL:/collating-sequence/ first char after colon is delimeter
  ADDRESS:n     Octal address
ERROR:n         Octal address
FATAL:n         Octal address
FIXED           Fixed length records
FORMAT:f        Data type is FORTRAN floating point ASCII
                f is FORTRAN format descriptor
FORTRAN         Data file produced by FORTRAN (ASCII or BINARY)
INDUSTRY        Industry compatible (8 bit) mode
KEY:f:s:o       f = first byte, s = size
                o = ASCENDING or DESCENDING
LABEL:a         a is one of the following:
                STANDARD, NONSTANDARD, OMITTED, DEC, ANSI or IBM
LEAVES:n        n = number of records to keep in main memory
MAXTEMP:n       n = max.  number of temporary files to use
MERGE           Merge the presorted input files
NOCRLF          Read and write ASCII records with no <cr-lf>
NUMERIC         Data type
PACKED          Same as COMP3
POSITION:n      Position to n'th file on multi-file tape
PRIORITY:n      Disk priority (-3 to 3)
RANDOM          FORTRAN binary data type
RECORD:s        s = size in bytes
REWIND          Rewind device before use
SEQUENTIAL      FORTRAN binary data type
SIGNED          Numeric field has operational sign
SIXBIT          Data type
STANDARD        Standard ASCII mode
SUPPRESS:a      a is one of the following:
                ALL, FATAL, INFORMATION, NONE, WARNING
TEMP            Device is to be used for temporary files
UNLOAD          Unload device after use
UNSIGNED        Field does not have operational sign
VARIABLE        Variable record size

The following switches are implemented by SCAN:
DENSITY         of magtape
ESTIMATE        block size of output file
HELP            Type this file
PARITY          of magtape
PHYSICAL        Physical-only LOOKUPs and ENTERs
PROTECTION      of output file
RUN             other program to run
RUNCORE         Size of program to run
RUNOFFSET       0 or 1 for normal or CCL mode start
VERSION         Version number of output file

The following are recognized by SCAN but have no effect:
ABEFORE
ASINCE
BEFORE
ERNONE
ERPROTECTION
ERSUPERSEDE
LENGTH
MESSAGE
NOOPTION
OKNONE
OKPROTECTION
OKSUPERSEDE
OPTION
SINCE
STRS

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