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Article #926Re: Is findfirst/findnext deterministic? (same order each time)?
From: Marko Kohtala
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1993 17:50
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1993 17:50
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In <JViRwB4w165w@vsystem.wimsey.bc.ca> rick@vsystem.wimsey.bc.ca (Rick Vandenberg) writes: >pdh@netcom.com (Phil Howard ) writes: >> 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? To make a point to all the replies to this question, I must remind you that not much is guaranteed of the operation of those functions. OS/2, NT and any installable file system will implement their own ways to order the files. So one should not rely on some file system feature that depends on FAT and MS-DOS, at least unless makes sure there IS FAT and MS-DOS and not some emulator. -- --- Marko Kohtala - INTERNET:Marko.Kohtala@hut.fi, mkohtala@otax.tky.hut.fi Student at (not representative of) the Helsinki University of Technology
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Newsgroups: alt.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.programmer Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!news.funet.fi!funic!nntp.hut.fi!vipunen.hut.fi!mkohtala From: mkohtala@lesti.hut.fi (Marko Kohtala) Subject: Re: Is findfirst/findnext deterministic? (same order each time)? Message-ID: <mkohtala.726083425@vipunen.hut.fi> Sender: usenet@nntp.hut.fi (Usenet pseudouser id) Nntp-Posting-Host: lesti.hut.fi Reply-To: Marko.Kohtala@hut.fi Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland References: <1993Jan2.071846.22403@netcom.com> <JViRwB4w165w@vsystem.wimsey.bc.ca> Date: 3 Jan 93 17:50:25 GMT Lines: 19