Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mmlai!burzio
From: burzio@mmlai.UUCP (Tony Burzio)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: DIRECTORY (3C) strangeness
Keywords: readdir not in alphabetical order?
Message-ID: <616@mmlai.UUCP>
Date: 24 Nov 89 03:38:18 GMT
Organization: Martin Marietta Labs, Baltimore, MD
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System: HP-UX 6.5 B 9000/370

While trying out the C DIRECTORY(3C) routines, I noticed
some very strange behavior.  When you do a readdir,
the files are returned in what seems to be random
order.  At first it appeared that they return in the
order that the files are created, but new files pop
up where ever.   The DIR pointer is not closed until
NULL is returned from readdir.  Has anybody else used
this code and been able to extract file names in
alphabetical order?  Where should I look for more info
besides the HP-UX reference?  On a related note, is it
possible to run a sort on a tmpfile() created file?  I
really need the filenames in order...  Thanks in advance.

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