Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!mimsy!chris From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.sources.wanted Subject: Re: Multiple Field Sorts in UNIX(tm) Message-ID: <7659@mimsy.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23-Jul-87 14:41:04 EDT Article-I.D.: mimsy.7659 Posted: Thu Jul 23 14:41:04 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jul-87 08:54:46 EDT References: <2459@whuts.UUCP> <758@custom.UUCP> <7651@mimsy.UUCP> <6153@brl-smoke.ARPA> Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 13 Xref: mnetor comp.unix.questions:3313 comp.sources.wanted:1697 >In article <7651@mimsy.UUCP> chris@mimsy.UUCP I wrote: >... unless ... global sort flags conflict for two fields. In article <6153@brl-smoke.ARPA> gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn) replies: >The bdinr flags are specifiable per-field as well as globally. Yes, one can indeed specify flags for individual fields. I missed that when I scanned the manual; I saw `global sort flags' and alarm bells went off. I do think the manual entry could be a bit clearer about this (although the 4.3BSD entry does use an example with `+2n'). -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7690) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: seismo!mimsy!chris