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Sorting Sorting & RexxNews
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For preparing certain lists, RexxNews will use the system sort command.
The OS/2 sort command has several limits, the most important that it
cannot sort files larger than 64592 bytes.
To overcome this limit, RexxNews allows you to specify an external sort
program and the size it can sort with two set commands:
sortcommand
sortmaxbytes
Note: if sortcommand points to a .CMD file, you must put cmd /c in front
of the command. Also, the sortcommand CANNOT be a DOS program.
You should set both variables if you have a replacement sort routine.
If you do not, you will not be able to sort files larger than 64592 bytes.
The sample.cfg file is setup for using the BIGSORT program available on
ftp-os2.nmsu.edu (for internet users) and has sortmaxbytes set to
10000000 (1 megabyte), which is a reasonable size for the largest file to
attempt sorting.