Re: ls -v is still inconsistent

[Kamil Dudka]

On Thursday 19 March 2009 11:27:11 Sven Joachim wrote:
> While the ordering of hidden files in "ls -v" seems to be fixed
> now, there are still inconsistencies.  Here's what I get in the latest
> snapshot:
>
> ,----
>
> | LANG=C /usr/local/src/coreutils-7.1.63-8e6a6/src/ls -alv
> | total 0
> | drwxr-xr-x 2 sven sven 160 Mar 19 11:13 .
> | drwxrwxrwt 9 root root 200 Mar 19 11:15 ..
> | -rw-r--r-- 1 sven sven   0 Mar 19 11:13 a~
> | -rw-r--r-- 1 sven sven   0 Mar 19 11:13 a
> | -rw-r--r-- 1 sven sven   0 Mar 19 11:13 a.b
> | -rw-r--r-- 1 sven sven   0 Mar 19 11:13 a.bc
> | -rw-r--r-- 1 sven sven   0 Mar 19 11:13 a.b~
> | -rw-r--r-- 1 sven sven   0 Mar 19 11:13 a.bc~
>
> `----
>
> Note that a~ sorts before a, but a.b~ after a.b.
>
> Regards,
>         Sven


Thanks again! The file suffix regex doesn't match any suffix containing '~'. 

I've changed it this way:
/(\.[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9]*)*$/
/(\.[A-Za-z~][A-Za-z0-9~]*)*$/

Now it works correctly with simple and numbered backups. Simple patch 
including clarifying test cases is attached.


Kamil

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