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sort-order of findnext?

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sort-order of findnext?

sort-order of findnext?

(OP)
Naturally I use findfirst and findnext to get lists of files, and notice that dos sorts them, but the order varies from machine to machine. Presumably it's by the same mechanism as sets the order when you use dir?

I'd be deeply grateful if anyone could explain to me whether it's possible to set the sorting order from within pascal (I use Turbo pascal 6.0)...

Many thanks

RE: sort-order of findnext?

I don't think there's a specific ordering when requesting file lists; I assume files are listed in the same order as they occur in the filesystem. On some systems that could be the creation date, on others, the order in which the gaps on a fragmented drive are filled.

I never looked into this, because I just used findfirst/findnext and sorted the entries myself.

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RE: sort-order of findnext?

(OP)
Oh well, just a hope. I don't drastically mind sorting myself, but just prefer to use built-in functions when they exist rather than reinventing things.
Thanks hugely. If you don't know of a way to set it, there probably isn't one.

Many thanks!

RE: sort-order of findnext?

Well, there would be a way to do that, but that wouldn't rely on findfirst/findnext. It would instead rely on the DOS command DIR, to which you could append whichever sort order you'd like. Save the info in a text file with redirection, then read your file. But that's definitely not elegant..:)

Cheers,

Realm174

RE: sort-order of findnext?

(OP)
Nice thought. Thanks. I'd sort-of been hoping that the dos dir command used sorting embedded in the int 021h side of things rather than in the command itself. I don't suppose life is always supposed to be easy.
Thanks!

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