Re: What order do my files come from readdir() in?

[maverick]

in reply to What order do my files come from readdir() in?

IIRC, you're getting them in last modified time order. If you do a stat of each file and print the modification time, they'll appear in order.

Update:Nope, that isn't right. It does have something to do with the inode and how the files are stored on disk, but I can't seem to recall what.

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[rob_au]

Its the directory order by which they are returned - While this order can change depending upon file systems, this directory order generally relates to the creation order of the file entries in the directory table. The exception to this is where a directory entry is deleted - In this scenario, the directory entry is recycled and any subsequent files stored will preferentially replace the previous directory entry, thus the storage order is no longer wholly 'by creation time'.