can be any valid operating
environment name that specifies the name of an accessible utility,
except one of the three keywords for this option.
BEST
specifies a choice
of sort utility of the data being sorted. The choice is made based
on a comparison of the value of the SORTCUTP= option and a calculation
of the number of bytes being sorted. If the number of bytes exceeds
the value of SORTCUTP=, then the host sort utility is used. Otherwise,
the SAS sort utility is used.
HOST
specifies to use the
host sort utility.
SAS
specifies to the SAS
sort utility.
Details
The host sort utility
might be more suitable than the sort utility supplied by SAS for SAS
data sets that contain a large number of observations.
The name of the host
sort utility is also given by the SORTNAME= system option.