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PowerBSORT V7.0 User's Guide
FUJITSU Software

1.7.2 Estimate of amount of temporary file that PowerBSORT uses

PowerBSORT makes the temporary file while executing the sort function.
The approximation formula of the needed capacity of the temporary file is shown below. If enough work area of PowerBSORT is not secured for the amount of the input data, it might exceed the following approximate formula. Therefore, specify the folder with an enough free space for the folder that makes the temporary file.

Temporary file capacity=(Administration area + Key length + Record length) X Number of records