[Info-vax] Suggestion: Adding a /SORT option to DIRECTORY and F$SEARCH ?

[Dave Froble]

On 1/26/2022 9:51 PM, dthi... at gmail.com wrote:
>
>> It would be nice to be able to see the output from a DIRECTORY command
>> optionally sorted by one of largest size, smallest size, oldest date,
>> newest date, etc.
>
> This sounds like a good opportunity for some community-contributed software (like the old DECUS Library).  :-))
> IIRC, there have been modified directory-like program submissions in the past.

Nah, today's users want the vendor to do all the work ...

> Write a new program, DIRECTORY2 and a CLD file to do what you'd like the modified DIRECTORY to do, either using:
>   1) Existing DIRECTORY source code from VSI, in whatever language it's written in, and enhance it the way you want, OR
>   2) Create new program code in C, calling system routines to do the work.

Why C, when there are better languages?

> Submit the new code to VSI.
>
> They can either use it as part of their new DIRECTORY baseline, or it can be put into the community source program.

I have a subroutine that acquires file information.  Limited at this time, but 
easily modified to acquire additional information.  Such could be a good 
beginning to a more general utility.  Available to all who ask.


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