Bug#258262: ITP: sortdir -- wrapper program to make files show up in sorted order

[Gergely Nagy <algernon@bonehunter.rulez.org>]

> * Package name    : sortdir
>   Version         : 0.4
>   Upstream Author : Egmont Koblinger <egmont@uhulinux.hu>
> * URL             : http://download.uhulinux.hu/sources/sortdir/
> * License         : LGPL
>   Description     : wrapper program to make files show up in sorted order
> 
> This small wrapper program will make other programs see files and
> directories in a consistent, sorted order. This is e.g. usefull if you 
> want your tarballs to be a bit more rsyncable.

How is this better than tar cvf foo.tar $(find foo | sort) ?

Most programs, those with some kind of UI already support this,
methinks. On the command line, it is so trivial to list files in
alphabetical order, that it hurts.