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Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 14:05:18 +0100
From: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@panke.de.freebsd.org>
To: Dmitrij Tejblum <dima@tejblum.dnttm.rssi.ru>
Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: sort option for find
References: <19981114205002.A27346@panke.de.freebsd.org> <199811151125.OAA02022@tejblum.dnttm.rssi.ru>
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On 1998-11-15 14:24:59 +0300, Dmitrij Tejblum wrote:
> > + * find_compare --
> > + *    A function which be used in fts_open() to order the 
> > + *    traversal of the hierarchy. 
> > + *    This function give you a lexicographical sorted output.
> > + */
> > +static int find_compare(s1, s2)
> > +	const FTSENT **s1, **s2;
> > +{
> > +	return strcoll( (*s1)->fts_name, (*s2)->fts_name );
> > +}
> 
> That depends on what do you call "lexicographical order". How do you 
> compare "foo-1.2.3/Makefile" and "foo/Makefile", for example? (Anyhow, 

I compare the file "foo-1.2.3" with the file "foo" and 
"foo-1.2.3" is greater. The directory "foo" will be visited first.

I don't sort the output - I change the order 
of the traversal of the file hierarchy. As a side effect, the output
will be sorted on a per directory basis.

Wolfram

> strcoll is not supposed to compare in lexicographical order at all. 
> Most implementation don't give lexicographical sorting in non-C locale.).
> 
> Dima
> 
> 

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