[comp.lang.c] binary file sort

gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) (11/19/89)

In article <1024.2566d7c3@csc.anu.oz> bdm659@csc.anu.oz writes:
>Hear, hear.  Does anyone know of an efficient easily-obtainable binary file
>sort utility for UNIX?  (BSD, preferably.)  It would need to at least be
>able to sort logical records of fixed length according to specified fields
>in the records.   Thanks.

I've got code for a specialized version that shouldn't be too hard to
turn into a general-purpose one.  If somebody would like to attempt
the conversion, contact me and I'll send you a copy.

bdm659@csc.anu.oz (11/20/89)

In article <11643@smoke.BRL.MIL>, gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) writes:
> ... too bad a comparable binary-record sort
> utility isn't a standard UNIX utility ...

Hear, hear.  Does anyone know of an efficient easily-obtainable binary file
sort utility for UNIX?  (BSD, preferably.)  It would need to at least be
able to sort logical records of fixed length according to specified fields
in the records.   Thanks.

Brendan McKay.  bdm@anucsd.oz or bdm@anucsd.oz.au or bdm659@csc1.anu.oz.au