I have a directory of XML-formatted messages, each saved with a numeric
filename based on the time of creation, for example

/news/20010329105032.txt
/news/20010329105033.txt
/news/20010329105034.txt

I use the following function to read the directory and to create a block of
file names, with the intention of placing the newest files first in the
block (in other words, the files with the highest number first in the
block.)

read-directory-messages: func [
    "Read a directory of XML-formatted standard messages with the directory
determined by messageType."
    message-directory [block!] "A block of file names corresponding to a
directory of XML-formatted standard messages."
][
    message-block: copy []
    foreach file-name message-directory [
        file-contents: read file-name
         insert message-block file-contents
    ]
]

But using the above function, I get files showing up in the block out of
order. Am I doing something wrong?

Ryan C. Christiansen
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