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Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 23:47:09 -0600
From: Jeff Harlow <jharlow AT ibm DOT net>
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Subject: Re: [opendos] Wishlist v2.0
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Colin W. Glenn wrote:
> 
> Will sort return an error code if the file is larger than free memory or
> 64K?  Then I could use that and either:
> 
> sort success:   kill oldname
>                 rename newname (to) oldname
> sort fail:      kill newname

I couldn't find any documented exit codes for SORT in what I have within
reach, but I tried the following at the DOS prompt with a 63KB
filename.ext and a 126KB filename.ext:

sort < filename.ext > filename.srt
if errorlevel 2 echo 2
if errorlevel 1 echo 1
if errorlevel 0 echo 0

63KB filename.ext returned 0
126KB filename.ext returned 1

Be sure to test this thoroughly before relying on it, and try to find
out if sort exit codes are documented anywhere.

Jeff Harlow