[open-cobol-list] Sort utility within OC

[schlehuberc]

MicroFocus provides the mfsort utility
for the sorting of flat files using a DFSORT/Syncsort type parameter.

The product I work with is batch in
nature, and uses sort about 30 times, and will expand in the future.

I searched the mailing list and forum,
but could not find any discussions about a sort utility.  My search
for an open source equivelant did not come up with anything.
So, two questions.

1)  Does anyone know of an open
source equivilent
2)  Has any discussion been made
about an ocsort that could piggyback off of the implementation of the SORT
verb.  (I've started to look at it, but I'm more of a COBOL programmer
than a C).


A sample sort parm card, with some other
statements.

use $DD_SORTIN record=(f,171)
 SORT FIELDS=(1,38,BI,A)
  OUTFIL
    give $DD_SORTOF1
  OUTFIL
    INCLUDE=(32,7,CH,EQ,C'0000101'),
    OUTREC=(1:1,20,
           
21:21,4,
           
C'-',
           
26:25,2,
           
C'-',
           
29:27,2,
           
31:29,143)
    give $DD_SORTOF2 record=(f,173)

OR


use $DD_SORTIN record=(f,698)
 SORT FIELDS=(619,40,CH,A,71,4,CH,A,65,2,CH,A,
           
  68,2,CH,A,361,16,CH,A,665,4,CH,A
           
  659,2,CH,A,662,2,CH,A,377,8,CH,A,
           
  385,19,CH,A)
 OUTREC FIELDS=(1:1,91,
           
    X'999C',
           
    94:94,605)
give $DD_SORTOUT



Thanks.

Cris Schlehuber