Specifies whether the input file is to be sorted before being loaded into an indexed file. The sort is done according to the primary key of the output file. Format /SORT [=FORCE] (DEFAULT) /NOSORT Two procedures can improve the sort performance: o Increasing the size of the working set for the duration of the sort. o Placing the input file, the output file, and the temporary work files on separate disk devices. By default, when there is a single indexed input file with the same primary key definition as the output file, CONVERT does not perform a sort of the primary key. If you specify the keyword FORCE, it forces a sorting operation for the primary key. If you specify /NOSORT with /FAST_LOAD, only the SORT of the primary key is disabled. Alternate or secondary keys are always sorted. The /NOSORT qualifier is useful when you know the input file is already in primary key order.