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- From: Jon Freivald <jaf@jaflrn.UUCP>
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- Subject: Re: Is findfirst/findnext deterministic? (same order each time)?
- Message-ID: <J0sRwB2w164w@jaflrn.UUCP>
- Date: Sat, 02 Jan 93 17:20:54 EST
- References: <1993Jan2.020431.14831@kronos.arc.nasa.gov>
- Organization: The Wizzard's Cave, East Meadow, NY
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- raymond@kronos.arc.nasa.gov (Eric A. Raymond) writes:
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- >
- > Are the DOS findfirst/findnext directory functions deterministic.
- > That is, will they report the files in the same order for a given
- > disk?
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- Depending on the order they are in the directory entry. Remember that
- this can be changed by directory sorting programs such as norton DS,
- etc...
-
- > A related question, is the order the files are retrieved based upon
- > creation order? That is, if I create files a, b, c in that order,
-
- ? This is the end of the message as received here...
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