Posted by Toby A Inkster on 02/18/07 13:27

bill wrote:

> I could read the entire directory in an sort, but I hope there is
> an easier way.

$dir = '/some/dir/';
$filename = `ls -1r $dir | head -1`;
# Note that $filename probably contains a line break
# at the end. You might want to strip it out.

is a quick and dirty way. Note this works in both PHP and Perl with no
modifications! :-)

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