Re: Preserving directory sort order in mkisofs

2004-12-16 Thread Nathanael Hasbrouck
On Thursday 16 December 2004 0726, somebody named Jean Hoderd inscribed this message: > Btw, the reason why I wanted to preserve the original > order is simple: I am burning a CD with MP3s for a > hardware player. I wanted the tracks to appear in > a certain order, which is not the same as the >

Re: Preserving directory sort order in mkisofs

2004-12-16 Thread Jean Hoderd
> How the files are listed is purely determined by the > program you use > for listing that info, so ls, mc, krusader, even > firefox or whatever > you use for that. > > `ls' has lots of sorting options. By default it > sorts the files > alphabetically, which I guess is what most programs > do. Yo

Re: Preserving directory sort order in mkisofs

2004-12-16 Thread Jean Hoderd
> I had a look on google "iso9660 directory order", > apparently I guessed right: > > > ISO 9660 also specifies the order of the records > in a directory. > > They must be sorted by the relative value of the > File Identifier field. Hi, And thanks for the info! I should have guessed that there

Re: Preserving directory sort order in mkisofs

2004-12-16 Thread Sam Watkins
On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 02:26:42AM -0800, Jean Hoderd wrote: > I am trying to create a CD where the file order > in the directory list is the same as it was under > the original ext3 partition. However, mkisofs > *always* sorts the entries alphabetically, alas! Possibly it is a requirement of iso

Re: Preserving directory sort order in mkisofs

2004-12-16 Thread Maurits van Rees
On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 02:26:42AM -0800, Jean Hoderd wrote: > Hi everybody! > > I am trying to create a CD where the file order > in the directory list is the same as it was under > the original ext3 partition. However, mkisofs > *always* sorts the entries alphabetically, alas! > > Is there any

Preserving directory sort order in mkisofs

2004-12-16 Thread Jean Hoderd
Hi everybody! I am trying to create a CD where the file order in the directory list is the same as it was under the original ext3 partition. However, mkisofs *always* sorts the entries alphabetically, alas! Is there any way to achieve what I intend? (please note that the -sort option in mkisofs