Using coreutils 6.9 (gentoo version is sys-apps/coreutils-6.9-r1) glibc 2.5 (gentoo version sys-apps/glibc-2.5-r3)
env variable LANG=en_AU ls -la output intersperses .dot files amongst normal files, (see example below) When LANG=en, the ordering is as I expect, as per 'ls' info page, alphabetical on filename. e.g. total 1048 drwxr-xr-x 109 lyall users 8192 2007-06-22 22:45 . drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 40 2006-11-14 22:39 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 lyall users 55 2004-07-19 05:32 About to be Organised -> /mnt/win_1/Digital Camera Photos/About to be Organised/ drwxr-x--- 3 lyall users 20 2005-04-19 13:18 .adobe drwxr-x--- 7 lyall users 4096 2007-03-12 12:36 Album drwxr-x--- 7 lyall users 4096 2007-03-12 12:45 Album2 drwxr-x--- 4 lyall users 99 2007-03-12 12:51 Album2-Output drwxr-x--- 2 lyall users 96 2007-03-13 13:00 Album2-Templates drwxr-x--- 4 lyall users 4096 2007-03-12 12:42 Album-Output drwxr-x--- 2 lyall users 6 2005-04-19 15:21 Album-Reunion drwxr-x--- 4 lyall users 4096 2006-12-10 10:52 Album-Templates -rw-r----- 1 lyall users 18881 2006-11-18 20:15 AlienSpathi.jpg -rw------- 1 lyall users 797 2006-02-03 13:46 .asadmintruststore -rw-r----- 1 lyall users 24 2005-11-17 21:02 .aspell.en.prepl -rw-r----- 1 lyall users 28 2005-11-17 21:02 .aspell.en.pws drwxr-x--- 5 lyall users 108 2006-12-10 13:31 .audacious -rw-rw-r-- 1 lyall users 162 2007-04-19 19:56 .aumixrc drwxr-x--- 2 lyall users 53 2007-03-15 13:15 AussieRules drwxr-x--- 10 lyall users 4096 2007-06-22 22:46 .azureus -rw-r--r-- 1 lyall users 1186 2006-09-23 11:28 %backup%~ -rw------- 1 lyall users 12254 2007-06-22 22:45 .bash_history -rw-r--r-- 1 lyall users 751 2005-04-14 22:12 .bash_profile -rw-r--r-- 1 lyall users 2727 2007-05-05 12:45 .bashrc -rw-r--r-- 1 lyall users 2441 2007-03-19 21:58 .bashrc~ drwxr-x--- 2 lyall users 30 2005-10-07 17:47 bin _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
