Posted by Allodoxaphobia on 02/19/07 21:47

On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 06:54:01 -0500, bill wrote:
> Toby A Inkster wrote:
>> 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! :-)
>>
>
> thanks

Do a sanity check on the results. If ever an alpha-named file gets in
that directory, it will appear first (`head -1`).

Jonesy
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