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
Hans
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Sat Jun 30 2001 - 21:00:21 EST