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- REFSORT.COM
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-
- Copyright 1986 Carl M. Tootle
-
- This is an extension of my line-sorting program,
- LINESORT.COM, which alphabetically sorts ASCII input on a
- line-by-line basis. This program was written in response to
- the need to sort document references longer than one line.
- A single reference may be up to ten lines of up to 255 bytes
- each. All references must be in an ASCII text file,
- single-spaced and with a blank line between each reference.
-
- The first line of each reference is the sort key, and
- leading spaces or tabs are ignored. The sort is on a
- case-INsensitive basis, and each reference is written to an
- ASCII output file in sorted order. Input files and
- output files are specified as command-line parameters:
-
- refsort <drive:>input.fil <drive:>output.fil
-
- Sorting proceeds in memory, if possible, and if not then
- disk space is automatically used. This is the Turbo-Sort
- tool distributed by Borland International with the
- Turbo-Pascal compiler, and is a QuickSort algorithm. It
- requires PLENTY of empty disk space (and more time) as the
- size of the input file increases.
-
- The object file was compiled with C200 hex as the end
- address, so the program should run on most CP/M computers.
- The GINST Turbo Tool is provided for terminal installation
- if desired (without installation, REFSORT.COM is for Kaypros
- with hilite). To install, put all files on disk and type
- REFSINST at the A> prompt; see the file INSTALL.DOC for the
- details.
-
- I am interested in any comments:
-
- Carl M. Tootle
- 33 North Stone Ave., #1220
- Tucson, AZ 85701fil
-
- Sorting proceeds in memory, if possible, and if no