Greetings,
To get around that difference you may want to consider a Directory Utilities for DOS.
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CSAP can sort disk directories and files by name, extension, date, or size. CSAP actually modifies the FAT order on disk. Many defragment utilities also offer FAT sorting during defragging but CSAP is obviously much quicker. By default, CSAP sorts files alphanumerically (e.g., if you run DIR without a switch on a Csap sorted directory, you'll notice that the file listing will display in alphanumeric order). CSAP has options to sort by extension, size, etc., and can also reverse sort. I sort my directories on a frequent schedule and often find it handy to havefiles arranged in a certain order for batch processing. CSAP should not be executed in a secondary shell (i.e., Windows). Perhaps better classified as a disk utility.
USAGE: CSAP [options] [directory_name]
-F "Freeze". Do not sort except for subdirectory entries and deleted files.
-N Sort on entry Name and Extension (the default).
-E Sort on entry Extension then Name.
-D Sort on entry Date/Time.
-S Sort on entry Size
-I Invert the sort order, i.e sort in descending order.
-L Sort only one level of the hierarchy.
-R Report the number of removed "deleted"entries and the sector addresses of the directory.
-P Do not remove "deleted" entries [reversed from SAP].
-V Verify (request permission from the operator) before sorting each directory.
-T Truncate directories, i.e. return unused disk space to the free space pool.
-Z Zero out unused entries (leading zero byte).
Regards,
Maxwell
