Re: [patch #3596] Sort directories before files in "ls"

[Francesco Montorsi]

Hi,

Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
>    ok, I'll keep it in mind when I'll redo the patch. I'll keep only
>    the "--group-dirs" option and remove "-e".
>
> --sort-directories-first is I think a clearer name, --group-dirs says
> nothing about how the directories are group, if there are several
> groups, etc.  If --sort-directories-first is to long,
> --directories-first would be clearer. 
Ok, for me the option name is the least important thing: I'm going to make an alias to "ls 
-oh --color=tty --group-dirs" in any case ;)))

So, you coreutils developers should just converge me on a suitable name and I'll use it in 
my patch (which in any case I don't pretend to be applied verbatim ;)).

> And if that is still to long,
> maybe a new keyword for --sort would do.
Eric has proposed not to use this approach but rather create a new option.
See first message of this thread.

Thanks,
Francesco