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Re: eloquence under ux
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Stan Sieler <[log in to unmask]>
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Stan Sieler <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 21 Jul 2004 18:06:36 -0700
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> > - callable sort on UX...std one is useless for non text data. Syncsort is
> > $15k - whats the common usage?
>
> We had to write a load of C code which calls the standard C library
> function qsort which copes with binary data.  It's not great as you have
> to read through the file, extract the keys, store these in memory for
> qsort and then generate an output file from the sorted keys.  It's

You definitely want to talk to Redstone Tech,
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I've had good success with it.

Stan
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