IBM S544-5285-01 manual Indexobj=group all none, Indexstartby=1 nn, Input. I fileyou specify

filename A character string containing only those alphanumeric characters supported in AIX file names.

indexobj={group all none}

Specifies the type of information ACIF puts in the index obj

Values are:

group Places only group-level entries into the index object fi which saves space.

all Places both page-level and group-level entries into the i object file. allSelectif you are indexing a file for use the Workbench Viewer.

none Suppresses the collection of all index-level information. Choose none if you do not require an external index f Choosing none will also reduce ACIF storage requirements.

indexstartby={1 nn}

Specifies the output page number by which ACIF must find an indexing field, if ACIF is indexing the file. Values are:

1 ACIF must find an index on the first page.

nnSpecifies the output page number by which ACIF must find index criteria specified.

This parameter is helpful if, for example, your file contains pages. If your file contains two header pages, you can spe number one greater than the number of header pages (indexstartby=3 ).

If ACIF does not find an indexing field before the page n

specified indexstartbythe parameter, it issues a message and stops processing.

indxexit=

programname

Specifies the name or the full

path name of the index reco

program. This is the program ACIF

calls for every record (str

field)

it

writes

in

the

indexdd

object). If fileyou

(specify the fil

name without a path, ACIF searches for the exit program in

specified byPATH theenvironment variable. If this parameter is n

specified,

ACIF

will

not

use

an

index

record

exit

program. T

is:

programname

Any valid index record exit program name. The exit

program

name is case-sensitive.

inpexit=

programname

Specifies the name or the full

path name of the input recor

program. Theacif

command

calls

this

program for

every

record

(every line) it reads from

inputddthe

input). Ifileyou( specify the

file name without a acifpath,commandthe

searches

for

the

exit

program

in

the

paths

specifiedPATH

byenvironmentthe

variable.

If

you

do

not

specify

this parameter,acif commandthewill

not

use

an

input

record

exit program.

The

value

is:

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