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MERGE, Output File Qualifiers, /ALLOCATION, Example
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  $ SORT/KEY=(POS:1,SIZ:80) STATS.DAT -
  _$ SUMMARY.LIS/ALLOCATION=1000/CONTIGUOUS

      This SORT command allocates 1000 contiguous blocks for the
      output file SUMMARY.LIS.
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