Re: FEATURE REQUEST: ls -- Document that LC_* variable affects sort order

[Eric Blake]

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According to Jari Aalto on 12/17/2009 3:00 PM:
> SUGGESTION
> 
> The LC_* variables seem to affect the listing order, but this is not
> mentioned in the manual page.

Yes, the LC_* variables affect sorting in a LOT of applications.  This is
a FAQ:
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#The-ls-command-is-not-listing-files-in-a-normal-order_0021

> Please add following paragraph, as seen in
> sort(1), to read:
> 
>        *** WARNING *** The locale specified by the environment affects
>        sort order. Set LC_ALL=C to get the traditional sort order that
>        uses native byte values.

Yes, it would make sense to factor that statement out of sort.c into a
helper function in system.h, then have more than ls.c also call that
function to reuse this paragraph.   Would you like to write the patch?

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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