> With Linux ext2, and some other systems, when you create files in a
> new directory, the file system remembers their order:
No - it merely seems too.
> $ touch one two three four
> $ ls -U
> one two three four
Then try 'rm three; touch five'
>
> (1) Is there any standard that says a system should behave this way?
> Is there any software that depends on this behaviour?
The order is arbitary.
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