Option copy or Sort FIELDS=COPY

Jeyanthi M · New User Joined: 21 Mar 2008 Posts: 5 Location: India

Hi,

My requirement is to copy an input file to output file. Which of the following can I use?

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:31 pm

Why not run a simple test ?

check the sort sysout, and You will find the answer

for example a first line like

Frank Yaeger · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:09 pm

All three are equivalent. There is no difference between OPTION COPY
or SORT FIELDS=COPY or MERGE FIELDS=COPY

venkata.ravi · New User Joined: 09 May 2005 Posts: 30 Location: Hyderabad

As said by Frank, also the manual clearly mentions all are same

Specifying COPY on the SORT, MERGE, or OPTION Statement

The SORT and MERGE statements change very little when you specify COPY.
Just replace the information you usually put in parentheses with the word COPY:

SORT FIELDS=COPY
MERGE FIELDS=COPY

You can also specify COPY on the OPTION statement:

OPTION COPY