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VMS Help SORT, Specification File Qualifiers, /DATA, Full Description *Conan The Librarian |
A /DATA qualifier must identify every field in the records you
are directing to the output file. Specify the data fields in the
order you want them to appear in the output record. By default,
the record format for an output file is the same as that for
the input file. If you want to eliminate or reorder fields from
the output record, you can use the /DATA qualifier, causing only
those fields identified by the /DATA qualifier to be directed to
the output file.
You can conditionally change the contents of a field in the
output records by first specifying a condition name and then
setting up a test for what meets the condition in a /CONDITION
qualifier. You then specify the contents you want in the field in
a /DATA qualifier of the form:
/DATA=(IF condition-name THEN "new-contents" ELSE "new-contents")
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