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VMS Help SORT, Specification File Qualifiers, /INCLUDE, Full Description *Conan The Librarian |
You can specify that records are to be conditionally included
in an output file. After defining a condition in a /CONDITION
qualifier, specify record selection in an /INCLUDE qualifier
requesting that records satisfying the condition are to be
included in the output file.
You can specify multiple /INCLUDE and /OMIT qualifiers in
a specification file. The order in which you specify them
determines the order the input records are tested for inclusion.
After the last /INCLUDE qualifier, all records that have not
already been included or explicitly omitted are omitted.
You can unconditionally include any records not previously
omitted or included by specifying /INCLUDE without a condition.
When sorting multiple record formats, one /INCLUDE qualifier
should be specified for each different record format among the
records to be sorted. If you do not specify a KEY option within
the INCLUDE qualifier, Sort assumes the default key definitions.
If the KEY is specified in the /INCLUDE qualifier, the default
key definitions are not used. The order of the KEY fields in the
/INCLUDE qualifier determines how the internal key is built for
sorting. The order of the DATA fields in the /INCLUDE qualifier
determines the way the output record is formatted. If you specify
a key or data field in an /INCLUDE qualifier, you must define all
other key or data fields in the record.
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