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From: "-= ArkanoiD =-" <ark AT mpak DOT convey DOT ru>
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 97 13:19:49 +0300
Subject: Re: [opendos] Wishlist v2.0
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nuqneH,

> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 19:47:22 -0600 (CST)
> From: "Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
> To: "'OpenDOS newsgroup'" <opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
> Subject: Re: [opendos] Wishlist v2.0
[dd]
>
> On Fri, 14 Mar 1997, Matthias Paul wrote:
> > On Thu, 13 Mar 1997 21:58:49, Mike A. Harris wrote:
> > > you ever tried to sort a file > 64k?  SUCKS!!!!!!!!
> >
> > (Some of these 64KB limitations have been fixed in current
> > versions of MS-DOS/PC-DOS, either... They learn slowly, but... ;-) )
>
> Not here, (still) running 6.3 and sort complains, most annoying when I use
> the format:
>
> type filename.ext |sort >filename.ext
>
> It kills my file in the process.
>

better replace DOS sort with GNU utility.. btw.. do you know that mess-dos
sort (i did not check OD one) moves whole strings in memory instead of sorting
pointers ;)?

i don't see why anyone needs dos sort utility. gnu one does the same and more
and better.

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