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

◦ REMOVE-DUPLICATES
specifies whether FastSort should remove records with duplicate keys during the sort
operation.
Meaning
Allowable Value for
param-value
Duplicates are not to be removed.0 (default)
FastSort must remove every record whose keys duplicate those of a previous
record.
nonzero
subsort-or-file-number must not be specified or must be 0.
◦ SAVE-SCRATCH
specifies whether FastSort should save the scratch file after a sort run.
Meaning
Allowable Value for
param-value
FastSort must purge the scratch file after the sort run.0 (default)
FastSort must save the scratch file, if it has an explicit name (provided by
a call to COBOL_SET_SORT_PARAM_TEXT_ with the SCRATCH-FILE
parameter).
nonzero
subsort-or-file-number must not be specified or must be 0.
◦ SCRATCH-BLOCK
specifies the size of the input and output blocks for the scratch file.
Meaning
Allowable Value for
param-value
FastSort chooses a default block size depending on the type of disk on
which the scratch file resides.
-1 (default)
Size of the input and output blocks for the scratch fileAny multiple of 512 in the
range 512 through 32768
See the FastSort Manual for a description of this parameter.
subsort-or-file-number must not be specified or must be 0.
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