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Appendix A COMPATIBILITY WITH OTHER SYSTEMS
Compatibility with SORT3
XSORT is based on the unsupported utility program named SORT3. To avoid
difficulties in converting from SORT3, XSORT has been designed to
recognize the formal file designators used by SORT3.
There are no significant differences in the syntax of the sort
specifications between the two products. The only issue to resolve in
the conversion is the naming of the program file--XSORT vs SORT3. To do
this, first use the command:
:LISTF SORT3.@.@,1
This will determine all the groups and accounts in which SORT3 has been
stored. Then log on to each of those groups and do the following:
:PURGE SORT3
:FCOPY FROM=XSORT.PUB.SYS;TO=SORT3;NEW
This will allow all old SORT3 job streams, UDC's, and operator procedures
to work without requiring changes for XSORT.
The following table shows the correlation between the formal file names
for XSORT and SORT3.
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| File | XSORT NAMES | SORT3 NAMES | CONVERSION ACTIONS |
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| Program | XSORT.PUB.SYS | SORT3.grp.acct | :HELLO user.acct, grp |
| | | | :PURGE SORT3 |
| | | | :FCOPY FROM=XSORT.PUB.SYS;& |
| | | | :TO=SORT3;NEW |
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| Specifications | XSORTEXT | SPECCARD | No action necessary. |
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| Single input | XSORTIN | SORT3IN | No action necessary. |
| | | | (Note, however, that the first input f|le, "...
| | | | IN" or "...IN1," is what determines wh|ther
| | | | XSORT or SORT3 names will be expected |or
| | | | rest of the input/output files. No mi|ing of
| | | | formal file names is allowed among the|input
| | | | and output files within any sort job.)|
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| Multiple input | XSORTIN1 | SORT3IN1 | No action necessary. |
| | : | : | (Note, however, that the first input f|le, "...
| | XSORTIN9 | SORT3IN9 | IN" or "...IN1," is what determines wh|ther
| | | | XSORT or SORT3 names will be expected |or
| | | | rest of the input/output files. No mi|ing of
| | | | formal file names is allowed among the|input
| | | | and output files within any sort job.)|
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| Output | XSORTOUT | SORT3OUT | No action necessary. |
| | | | (Note, however, that the first input f|le, "...
| | | | IN" or "...IN1," is what determines wh|ther
| | | | XSORT or SORT3 names will be expected |or
| | | | rest of the input/output files. No mi|ing of
| | | | formal file names is allowed among the|input
| | | | and output files within any sort job.)|
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