Michael Karcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 01:29:06AM +0200, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > It should put them in the package in the order they came from > > readdir(), which will depend on the filesystem. This is normally the > > order in which they were created, > As long as the file system uses an inefficient approach for directories like > the ext2/ext3 linked lists. If directories are hash tables (like on > reiserfs) even creating another file in the same directory may totally mess > up the order. > > Michael Karcher
ext2/ext3 has hashed dirs too if you configure it. MfG Goswin