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File No. S360-33
Form C24-332l-3




Systems Reference Library




IBM System/36D
Basic Operating System
Sort/Merge Program
Specifications

This publication describes the IBM System/360
Basic Operating System, Sort/Merge Program.
It contains the following information:
1. Minimum machine requi rements for sorting or
merging records with this program.
2. Program capabilities.

3. A description of the control statements
required to define specific sort or merge
operations.

4. A description of the facilities provided for
inserting user-written routines into the
program.

For a list of associated publications and their
abstracts, see the IBM System/360 Bibliography,
:F'orm A22-6822.
PREFACE




This reference publication describes the
IBM System/360 Basic Operating System, Sortl
Merge Program. Information is included
about the program specifications, including
equipment, preparation of control statements,
description of the program operation, and
procedures for program modifications.
The reader is assumed to have a working
knowledge of the System/360. The publica-
tions IBM Basic operating System/360,.
Assembler with Input/Output Macros (8K
Qis&, C24-3361, and IBM Basic Operating