11.4: How can I sort my libraries (or other files)?
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This article is from the Apple II GNO FAQ, by Devin Reade with numerous contributions by others.
11.4: How can I sort my libraries (or other files)?
A#11.4: This isn't really a GNO question, but it's included here because
of its relevance to Q#11.3 and the section on "Installing GNO with
ORCA".
For ProDOS Partitions:
There are various ways to do this. One of the easiest is to
use ProSEL or another utility which sorts directory entries
(such as the ORCA/Shell compress command -- don't confuse
this with the GNO compress(1) command).
If you do not have a utility that does this, you can do it
manually by moving all the files into another (scratch)
directory, then moving them back one at a time in the order
in which you wish them to appear.
For HFS Partitions:
The files in a given directory on HFS partitions are always
sorted by name, case insensitive. You can change the sequence
in the directory only be changing the names of the files
involved.
Specific to GNO installations, if your /lib directory resides
on an HFS volume, you should rename /lib/libc to /lib/nlibc.
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