Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 29 Jun 2001 02:25:08 -0700 | From | Hans Reiser <> | Subject | Re: directory order of files |
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Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: > > With Linux ext2, and some other systems, when you create files in a > new directory, the file system remembers their order: > > $ mkdir new > $ cd new > $ touch one two three four > $ ls -U > one two three four > > (1) Is there any standard that says a system should behave this way? > Is there any software that depends on this behaviour?
Unix filesystem hierarchies are defined to be a partial ordering, not a full ordering.
> > (2) Are there Linux file systems that don't work this way? Maybe > someone with a mounted writable reiserfs could do a quick check. > > Please copy replies to me as I am not subscribed. Thanks.
bash-2.05# mkdir fu bash-2.05# cd fu bash-2.05# touch one two three four bash-2.05# ls -U one two four three
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