I heard about GCSORT on Moshix’s YouTube Channel titled “Sorting with GnuCOBOL Sort”. What I don’t exactly understand is it’s association with GnuCOBOL. It’s even described in GnuCOBOL’s FAQ as “A powerful external sort utility, for use with sequential (fixed length record) files.”
Perhaps it’s because…
- oftentimes in mainframe batch jobs, the sort is a separate step.
- of the “fixed length record”
GnuCOBOL already has a SORT built into it. I’ve used it a few times.