Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 12:15:01 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Tim Hoskins <hoskinst AT cadvision DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Alphabeticallize _dos_findfirst and _dos_findnext?
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On 14 Jan 1999, Tim Hoskins wrote:

> Is there a way to have _dos_findfirst() and _dos_findnext() return the
> files alphabetically?

Yes: sort them.  `_dos_findfirst'/`_dos_findnext' return the files in
the order they are stored in the directory.  A library function
`qsort' is the usual way of sorting strings.

One easy way of getting a sorted list is by calling the library
function `glob', because it sorts the files for you (`glob' calls
`findfirst' and `findnext' internally).

And btw, don't use _dos_findfirst/_dos_findnext, use
findfirst/findnext instead.  The former don't support long file names
on Windows 9X.