264 • Suprtool 5.7 for MPE
Sortfast controls whether Suprtool's internal sort routines are called or whether HP's sort routines are used. In Suprtool/V, this option has no effect and defaults to Off. In
Suprtool/iX, the Set Sortfast is On by default. In the unlikely event that problems are experienced with Suprtool's internal sort routines, HP's sort routines can be enabled with:
>set sortfast off
Squeeze
SET SQUEEZE [ ON | OFF ]
(Initial & Default: <neither>)
Turning Set Squeeze On forces Suprtool to always truncate the output file limit to the end-of-file when the output file is closed. Turning Set Squeeze Off forces
Suprtool not to change the limit when closing the output file. By default or by specifying Set Squeeze (i.e., with no option) forces Suprtool to decide when to truncate the output limit to the end-of-file.
Suprtool will not squeeze a file limit if the input source is a file, the output file is not a new file, the output file is KSAM (CM, NM or KSAM64), or if the Ask or Num query output options were specified. In all other cases, Suprtool squeezes the file limit down to the EOF.
Set Squeeze Off can be combined with the Numrecs command to automate job streams in which data is appended to the output file. For example,
>get d-sales
>numrecs 200% {output file will have extra room}
>output dsale
>set squeeze off {reserve room between EOF and LIMIT}
>xeq
>get d-history
>output dsale,append {Dsale has room for appending}
>xeq
Statistics
SET STATISTICS ON | OFF
(Initially: OFF)
STATISTICS causes Suprtool to print statistics at the end of each task. This can be useful for determining the effectiveness of Suprtool's Get versus Chain commands.
Subsystem
SET SUBSYSTEM ON | OFF
(Initially: OFF)
Normally, Suprtool ignores database subsystem access. Use Set Subsystem On to instruct Suprtool to examine the subsystem option of the database in the Base and
Put commands. Subsystem access can be restricted to READ or NONE by using
DBUTIL. If subsystem access is NONE, Suprtool does not open the database. If subsystem access is READ, the Suprtool Put and Delete commands are disallowed and the Dbedit Add, Delete, Modify, and Change commands are also disallowed.
Once you enable Set Subsystem On, you cannot disable it. This Set option applies to all databases; you cannot enable it for a specific database. Using the creator
Suprtool Commands
