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DOCUMENTATION FOR "ZIPSORT"
ZIPSORT, COPYRIGHT 1986, MARK L. CARSON
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FILE NAME : "ZIPSORT.COM"
ZIPSORT IS AN EXTERNAL UTILITY FOR "CARDEX", THE CARD INDEX
PROGRAM BY CARSON INFORMATION SERVICES.
ZIPSORT READS A "CARDEX" DATA FILE AND PRODUCES ANOTHER "CARDEX"
DATA FILE WHICH ONLY CONTAINS ENTRIES FROM THE SOURCE THAT HAVE A
SPECIFIC ZIP CODE. IN EFFECT A FILTERED SUB-SET FILE IS PRODUCED.
THE FIRST COMMAND LINE PARAMETER IS THE "CARDEX" SOURCE FILE.
THE SECOND COMMAND LINE PARAMETER IS THE 5 DIGIT ZIP CODE THE
PROGRAM FILTERS FOR.
THE TARGET FILE'S PREFIX IS THE SECOND COMMAND LINE PARAMETER (ZIPCODE).
THE TARGET FILE'S SUFFIX IS ".ZIP".
IE: A> ZIPSORT CARDEX.DAT 12345
PASSES "CARDEX" DATA FILE "CARDEX.DAT" AS THE SOURCE FILE, AND
PRODUCES A TARGET FILE WITH ONLY ZIP CODES OF "12345".
THE TARGET (FILTERED SUB-SET FILE) IS NAMED "12345.ZIP"
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