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Re: ls -Xt could do more


From: Stepan Kasal
Subject: Re: ls -Xt could do more
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 07:10:25 +0000 (UTC)
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On 21 Jun 2002 04:58:47 +0800, Dan Jacobson <address@hidden> wrote:
> One would think that ls -Xt would sort first by suffix, then within by
> date within the same suffix.  But alas.  Anyway, even if "it's not in
> the spec", it also "wouldn't be against the spec" if it did.

Hallo,
        another answer:
I was told that POSIX specifies that order in which are the options given
should not affect the programs behaviour.  So it's not advisable to write
a program which works differently with options -xyz and -zyx.

Stepan Kasal





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