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

[Dave Froble]

On 1/27/2022 6:26 AM, Chris Townley wrote:
> On 27/01/2022 08:39, Dave Froble wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>>
>
> I would be interested to look at it
>

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