On 04.04.2012 16:57, troby wrote: ... I think the easiest solution would be to create the said number of files, but with dummy-filenames. Then write a script das does a xfs_bmap on each file, sorts them and then renames the dummy-files to the correct-name in the order they are on disc. Bis denn -- Real Programmers consider "what you see is what you get" to be just as bad a concept in Text Editors as it is in women. No, the Real Programmer wants a "you asked for it, you got it" text editor -- complicated, cryptic, powerful, unforgiving, dangerous. _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs