optimal file order for reading from disk

[P]

I know this will be dependent on filesystem, I/O scheduler, ...
but given a list of files, what is the best (filesystem
agnostic) order to read from disk (to minimise seeks).

Should I sort by path, inode number, getdents, or something else?

thanks,
PÃdraig.
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