Reading IFS out of Order

[jhauser]

I have a program that is reading the IFS directory and then displaying on the screen.

But if I do a WRKLNK... the files are in order... 08-16-11 : 08-17-11 : 08-18-11.. etc

When the code runs
eval pFile = readdir(pOpenDir)

It actually has 08-17-11 first.

Why isn't it reading the IFS in the correct date order?

Do I need parms to Sort it? Do you pass the readdir parms for order?

Thanks

[jamief]

Re: Reading IFS out of Order

I'm not sure....
could you just write the entries to a array--ed datastructure and sort prior to writing to screen?

sorry for the quick fix option, but it might be quicker that figuring out the tuther...

jamie

[kitvb1]

Re: Reading IFS out of Order

As this example uses SQL, you can easily sort it into any sequence you want.

http://www.support.ecofitonline.com/showthread.php/258-Listing-a-Directory-Tree-Contents

or here

http://systeminetwork.com/article/listing-directory-tree-contents

[jhauser]

Re: Reading IFS out of Order

Thanks all, I will look into both options. Appreciate your time.

[Billw]

Re: Reading IFS out of Order

So what sequence is the IFS read in? FIFO, alpha or what?