This specifies file systems of the input files and the output files.
Format
-F ofs,ifs [/ownername] [ ,ifs [/ownername] ...]
ofs
This specifies the file system of the output file.
Specify a file system in an identifier. For more information, refer to the File system that can be specified.
ifs
This specifies the file system of the input file.
Specify a file system in an identifier. For more information, refer to the File system that can be specified.
File systems of input files can be specified corresponding to the input file. To specify two or more file systems, specify the file systems delimiting with comma (,) in the specified order of the input files. When the number of the input files is more than the number specified for the file system, the last file system specified for the file system is applied to the remaining input files. When the number of the input files is less than the number specified for the file system, the excessively specified file systems are ignored.
ownername
If necessary for Btrieve files, specify an owner name with up to 8 characters or less for ownername.
In owner names, the uppercase letters and lowercase letters are distinguished.
File systems that can be specified
The file systems that can be specified are shown below.
Identifier | Description of file systems |
|---|---|
dos | Native file system of the system (Default) |
cobseq | NetCOBOL file system (sequential file) |
cobs64 | NetCOBOL file system (BSAM-compatible sequential file) |
cobrel | NetCOBOL file system (relative file) |
cobidx | NetCOBOL file system (indexed file) |
mfcseq | Micro Focus COBOL file system (sequential file) |
mfcrel | Micro Focus COBOL file system (relative file) |
mfcidx | Micro Focus COBOL file system (indexed file) |
btrv | Btrieve file system |
Note
PowerBSORT cannot access files opened by the NetCOBOL file system in exclusive mode. In addition, if the NetCOBOL file system (indexed file) is specified, PowerBSORT cannot access files opened by the NetCOBOL file system in shared mode. For more details on shared mode and exclusive mode, refer to the documentation of your NetCOBOL file system.
Even if the NetCOBOL file system (BSAM-compatible sequential file) is specified, if your NetCOBOL file system is not compatible, files are handled as NetCOBOL file system (sequential file). For details on BSAM compatibility, refer to the documentation of your NetCOBOL file system.
If the NetCOBOL file system (BSAM-compatible sequential file) is specified, record exclusivity may not be maintained, depending on the NetCOBOL file system.
Btrieve file system (btrv) and Micro Focus COBOL index file system (mfcidx) can be specified only for the file system (ifs) of the input file.
A Micro Focus COBOL index file in which data is compressed cannot be specified for the input file.
