Parsing order in a folder

[tototrix23]

Hi everyone,

It's not an issue but a question. When you create hundred of files in a folder and you want to parse it:
what is the parsing order ? The oldest created file to the newest ? Is it true all the time ?

Best regards.

[geky]

Hi @tototrix23, thanks for creating an issue.

The order lfs_dir_read returns files is a bit weird. It's almost alphabetical, but with larger file names being returned first.

Originally the ordering was intended to be strictly alphabetical, but a bug in the comparison logic went unnoticed. Backwards compatible with existing disks makes this difficult to change without a minor/major on-disk version bump. More info here: #923.

Still, this ordering can be useful if you want to intentionally order files with same-sized filenames.