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Article #925Re: Is findfirst/findnext deterministic? (same order each time)?
From: Jon Freivald
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 22:20
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 22:20
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raymond@kronos.arc.nasa.gov (Eric A. Raymond) writes:
>
> Are the DOS findfirst/findnext directory functions deterministic.
> That is, will they report the files in the same order for a given
> disk?
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,
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!utoday!jaflrn!jaf From: Jon Freivald <jaf@jaflrn.UUCP> Newsgroups: alt.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.programmer 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 Lines: 21