FastSort Manual

Introduction to FastSort
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Interactive FastSort
Table 1-1. FastSort Interactive Commands (page1of2)
Command Description
Record Sequence Specification
ASCENDING Describes the location and attributes of one or more key fields that
determine an ascending sequence for output records.
COLLATE Specifies a file that contains an alternate collating sequence for
comparing key fields.
COLLATEOUT Stores an alternate collating sequence table in an unstructured file.
DESCENDING Describes the location and attributes of one or more key fields that
determine a descending sequence for output records.
File Specification
FROM Specifies the name of an input file for a sort or merge run and the
exclusion mode to use to open the file, the maximum number of
records in the file, the maximum length of records in the file, and
whether the records in the file are already sorted.
TO Specifies an output file for a sort run and parameters for the file
including the percentage of data and index slack, whether FastSort
should purge and recreate an existing output file, and the type of
sort run (record, permutation, or key sort).
Command Specification
CLEAR Deletes current command parameters for all commands or for a specific
command.
FC Displays the last FastSort command for subsequent editing and re-
execution.
HELP Displays the syntax of a specific command or a list of all FastSort
commands with a description of each command.
SAVE Saves FastSort command parameters from a sort or merge run for reuse
in subsequent runs.
SHOW Displays the command parameters currently in effect and whether they
are entered for the next sort or merge run or saved from a previous run.
Parallel Sort and Merge Operations
CPUS Specifies processors (or CPUs) in which FastSort can run subsort
processes.
NOTCPUS Specifies processors (or CPUs) in FastSort cannot run subsort
processes.
SUBSORT Specifies parameters for a subsort process for a parallel sort or merge
run.