On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 02:16:51PM +0200, Marc A. Lehmann wrote: > On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 02:15:32PM +0200, Totoro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have tried reiserfs to stock all mp3 but when I do a `ls -f` on > > the directories, it shows the files not in order; but I'd like to > > have them in order to add them in xmms without problem > > The fix is as easy as removing -f from ls' comamndline. Or sorting the > files. No filesystem guarentees sorted order. > I can't change the `ls -f` in `ls` 'cause it's in xmms. The problem is that when I do `ls -f` on ext2, I have the files sorted and when I try it on reiser, I have them random. I don't like to listen random mp3 but in order ;) It's a minor userspace problem but I had the problem only with reiser, not with ext2 nor with nfs ... I'd like only to have the files in the same order that I saved them, and I haven't.:/ Totoro > The kernel does not need to order files, this is strictly a userspace > problem, the kernel lacks information to do the sorting. > > > Is it due to hash, to order that I move them here, to kernel options, > > It is due to the hash. The r5 hash does not preserve any lexical ordering > (tea is even more random) ;) This is not limited to reiserfs, of course, > neither ext2 nor minix nor... support this in any way. > > > to mount options,..? > > How need I move them to the dirs to have a `ls -f` ordered? > > You can't. I don't think it will work with any other filesystem (at least > not stable).
