Re: Sorting large file

["M. Lazarus" <mlazarus@xxxxxxxx>]

Leif,

At 10/4/00 02:11 PM -0500, you wrote:
>I have a sequential file of 10,000,000 80-character text records.
>How do I sort the file the most efficiently?

  Assuming this is a static file (no ongoing updates/adds), I would guess 
that FMTDTA might have an edge over other methods, especially if you block 
to the maximum.

  -mark

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