On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 08:28:41PM +0000, Miguel Medalha wrote: > > My question is: how is the order of files determined by Linux when a > particular order is not explicitly required by a program?
There is not ordering in POSIX filesystems. If you want an ordered list you must sort them yourself. This isn't guarenteed in Windows either btw. Someone has posted a Samba VFS that will sort directory output in alphabetical order (but only for the current locale). You could examine that. Jeremy. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba