PowerBSORT V7.0 User's Guide

1.5.2 Combination of the file type of the input files and the output files

As for the file types of input file and output file, different file types can be specified within the range of the following combinations.

Input file type	Output file type
Text file	Text file
Binary fixed length file	Binary fixed length file NetCOBOL sequential, indexed, relative file Btrieve file Micro Focus COBOL sequential, relative file
Files other than above	Binary fixed length file (for the fixed-length record form only) NetCOBOL sequential, indexed, relative file Btrieve file Micro Focus COBOL sequential, relative file

Note

• The Micro Focus COBOL index file with compressed data cannot be specified for the input file.

• The Micro Focus COBOL index file cannot be specified for the output file.

• The Btrieve file cannot be specified for the output file by the PowerBSORT command line interface.

• The maximum file size that can be handled in PowerBSORT is based on the limitations of each file system. Refer to the manual of each file system for its limitation value.