also sprach Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> [2002.07.28.0348 +0200]:
> Try setting LC_ALL=POSIX for a test and you will see the standard
> behavior. For a test you don't have to do it permanently, just for
> that one command.
>
> LC_ALL=POSIX ls -a
Right, this now correctly separates dot-files and nondot-files, but
directories and files are still interspersed. Same with setting
LC_COLLATE to "C" (or LC_ALL).
> Those command just call strcoll(3) for the comparision. So actually
> the commands themselves have nothing to do with sort order
> localization beyond that. It all falls into the libc strcoll()
> routine. So in the end it is in the hands of libc. Read this section
> of the documentation on locales.
But these sorts happen on the name part of the inode, I would like
these to first separate into dirs and files, then sort within...
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