Re: AS/400 FMTDTA (sort) manual

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Marchini, Richard wrote:
> I've been trying for some time to find a manual for the FMTDTA
> command. We have vendor software that uses the FMTDTA command and
> the old sort specs quite a bit and we sometimes need to interpret
> and/or modify them.
>
> <<SNIP>>  Or anyone else who happens to have a copy of that old
> manual? I've searched IBM's websites and cannot find that manual.

  Searching the document numbers might find more recent and more 
functional [even if otherwise unchanged] online sources; e.g. from
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/linkbooks.htm
a .pdf for the Sort User's Gd should be here:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r1/ic2924/books/c0918260.pdf

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http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr/BOOKS/qbkaq100/CONTENTS
Title:  Sort User's Guide and Reference
Document Number: SC09-1826-00
Build Date: 06/06/94 15:12:50 Build Version: 1.2

 [search for FMTDTA and\or SORT on the page]:

 1.5 Using FMTDTA to Process the Specifications
    Once the specifications for a particular job have been entered 
in a source file, use the FMTDTA command and its parameters to run 
Sort. Refer to Chapter 7, "The Format Data (FMTDTA) Command," for a 
complete description of how to use this command.

 7.0 Chapter 7. The Format Data (FMTDTA) Command
    The CL command Format Data (FMTDTA), when used with the 
appropriate parameters, processes a series of Sort specifications 
previously stored as a member in a library.

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http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr/BOOKS/qbjaur00/CONTENTS
Title:  System/36 Environment Reference
Document Number: SC41-4731-00
Build Date: 05/17/95 14:18:47 Build Version: 1.3.0

 [search for SORT on the page]:

 4.270 SORT Procedure
    The SORT procedure allows you to sort data in disk files. The 
actual sorting is done by the Reformat Data (FMTDTA) command.

 A.64 #GSORT Utility
    Use the #GSORT utility to sort 1 to 8 input files. The sorting 
is done by the Reformat Data (FMTDTA) command. #GSORT uses the sort 
specifications to determine the correct sort sequence.

Regards, Chuck