On 29 Dec 95 13:45, Paul Edwards wrote to Kieran Haughey:

Hi Paul,

KH>> I was wondering if someone might be able to point me in the right 
KH>> direction of how to numerically and alphabetically sort a large file, say 
KH>> raning from 1k to over 4meg in size...

PE> Check out xysort.c in OZPD.  It has no restrictions other than 
PE> available memory.  Therefor you need to compile it with emx 0.9a
PE> or a similar dos extender if you want to use it under DOS and use
PE> 4 meg.  Actually, I can compile it under Watcom for you if you want.

It might be handy, but I'm working on a very tightly spaced area memory
wise, I only have 2 meg memory... I might try reducing it's memory limits..
unless it's been written to be used with an extender?..

PE> You might also want to take a glance at dssort.c, in OZPD.

 wildo..
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Happy New Year,
Kieran

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