How to loop over all files in a directory sorted by name or last modified date?
Dennis Halver
files matching a pattern in a certain directory:
for %%a in ("%path_to_log%\*.log") do (
echo investigating logfile=%%a)
But in which sequence are the files processed?
Are the files ordered by fiename or by last modified date or arbitrarily?
How can I force the processing in
- filename
- last modified timestamp
sort order in a DOS batch file under WinXP?
Dennis
Todd Vargo
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Zaphod Beeblebrox
<ten.n...@virgin.net> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 04 Apr 2010 11:59:44 +0000, charles wrote:
>
>> On 31 Mar 2010 08:23:55 GMT, ha...@persrec.com (Dennis Halver)
>
> I must say that its really heartening to know that more than four
> days
> after having provided a response, that someone would provide an
> almost,
> (but not quite as full), similar response! Thank you charles for
> showing
> your support for my solution.
There's a very good chance that charles didn't see your response. If
you look carefully, the OP - Dennis Halver - posted to
alt.msdos.batch, comp.os.msdos.misc, and alt.msdos.batch.nt, but set
followups to alt.msdos.batch.nt without noting it in his post. (He
does this a lot, and ignores repeated requests to change this
practice).
So, if charles saw the original post in alt.msdos.batch or
comp.os.msdos.misc, your reply would not have been present and charles
would have thought it helpful to reply as he did. He is quite
possibly wondering where his post went even now - yet another reason
why Dennis Halver should change his habit of silently setting
followups...
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