COBOL Manual for TNS/E Programs (H06.08+, J06.03+)

input-specifier-1
specifies a procedure that sends records one at a time to SORT using one or more RELEASE
statements. The procedure input-specifier-1 cannot terminate before it finishes sending
records.
inproc-1, inproc-2
are sections or paragraphs of the Procedure Division.
input-specifier-2
specifies one or more files (a maximum of 31) that contain the records to be sorted.
infile
is a file description name. During execution of the SORT statement, infile must either
be closed or be open in another process or by another file description entry, but not in
conflict with a following open for protected input.
output-specifier-1
specifies a procedure that processes the sorted records, one at a time. Each record is returned
by a RETURN statement. The procedure output-specifier-1 cannot terminate before it
finishes returning all the sorted records.
outproc-1, outproc-2
are sections or paragraphs of the Procedure Division.
output-specifier-2
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