Re: folder order
Re: folder order
- Subject: Re: folder order
- From: Nigel Garvey <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 23:02:26 +0100
Andrew Oliver wrote on Fri, 01 Apr 2005 09:10:00 -0800:
>On 4/1/05 7:39 AM, "Hunter Clarkson" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> What determines which folder in a folder is "folder 1" and can it be
>> changed by sorting on size or date?
>>
>
>For all intents and purposes, consider it random. Typical options you'll
>encounter (based on the underlying filesystem) are alphabetical and
>creation-date. I've never seen size as a consideration.
>
>If you want it a particular way you need to roll your own.
>
>Rumor (including the Finder's own dictionary) implies that some day the
>Finder will be able to sort directory listings for us, but don't hold your
>breath.
If the eventual implementation's the same as it was in OS 8/9, it won't
actually determine the order of items in a folder, but the order of items
in a list returned to the script - so "folder 1" will still be
essentially random.
I've written a handler that's meant as a temporary stand-in for the
'sort' command, if it's of any interest:
<http://scriptbuilders.net/category.php?id=1910>
Alternatively, I think one of has's libraries has a similar facility.
NG
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