Number: 1597

Date:  9-Jul-84 18':54':31

Submitter: Le.pasa

Source: Shulman, Yonke

Subject: DIR on 1108 local file system should sort files

Lisp Version: CArol

Description: '
This is not a bug report, but rather a feature request.  It would be'
nice if the directory functions for the 1108 local file system (Carol'
rel. 20-Jun-84) would sort the files it returns.  Currently when you do'
a DIR files which only vary by their version number come out in'
different places in the list, etc.  This makes it very hard to compare'
files.  '
'
Thanks,'
Martin'
'
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'
2) When doing a DIR of {DSK} and you have several name heirarchies it will list'
   them jumbled up according to the order they were written disregarding the'
   ''directory'' name.  For example it would list':'
'
	{DSK}<FOO>'
    FILEA.;1'
'
	{DSK}<FOO>BAR>'
    FILEB.;1'
'
	{DSK}<FOO>'
    FILEC.;1'
'
    where I would like it to look like':'
'
	{DSK}<FOO>'
    FILEA.;1'
    FILEC.;1'
'
	{DSK}<FOO>BAR>'
    FILEB.;1'
'
-----'
'
Date':  9 Jul 84 13':57 PDT'
From': Stansbury.pa'
Subject': Re': DIR on 1108 local file system'
In-reply-to': Le.pasa''s message of 9 Jul 84 17':08':50 PDT (Monday)'
To': Le.pasa'
cc': STansbury.pa, Sannella.pa'
'
Yup, it would be nice if the directory enumeration code sorted files properly, but I seriously doubt this will be done for Harmony, for 2 reasons':'
a) it is tricky, and I have no time to devote to it before AAAI; and '
b) eventually we will be ripping out the directory code and replacing it with MFile directories -- if that happens soon, it would not make any sense to make a major change to the current directory code.'
'
-- Tayloe.'


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Edit-By: Sannella.PA

Edit-Date: 10-Jul-84 14':28':38

Attn: Stansbury

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System: Operating System

Subsystem: DLion Disk

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Difficulty: Hard

Frequency: Everytime

Impact: Annoying

Priority: Perhaps

Status: Open

Problem Type: Design - Impl

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