Alexander Viro wrote:
> > GNU ls stats in readdir order, so no bogosort.
> 
> Yes, but ls -l sorts the results. Which is the place where one might
> insert interesting algorithms ;-) Seriously, I would not be surprised if
> GNU ls had higher userland overhead than BSD one. I'll look them through
> today.

Ah, good point.  GNU ls has these options which you might want to try:

  -U                         do not sort; list entries in directory order
  -f                         do not sort, enable -aU, disable -lst

-- Jamie


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