binary file sort

[Doug Gwyn]

In article <1024.2566d7c3 at csc.anu.oz> bdm659 at csc.anu.oz writes:
>Hear, hear.  Does anyone know of an efficient easily-obtainable binary file
>sort utility for UNIX?  (BSD, preferably.)  It would need to at least be
>able to sort logical records of fixed length according to specified fields
>in the records.   Thanks.

I've got code for a specialized version that shouldn't be too hard to
turn into a general-purpose one.  If somebody would like to attempt
the conversion, contact me and I'll send you a copy.