From 5a208f834ea6d786611a5dc34dd7ed1d781dd1bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ruslan Baratov Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 02:53:37 +0600 Subject: [PATCH] Help: Document that file(GLOB*) order is undefined Since this command use 'readdir' under the hood the order of list is undefined: * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8977441/does-readdir-guarantee-an-order --- Help/command/file.rst | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Help/command/file.rst b/Help/command/file.rst index bbddd408d..96ac6c72a 100644 --- a/Help/command/file.rst +++ b/Help/command/file.rst @@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ Generate a list of files that match the ```` and store it into the ````. Globbing expressions are similar to regular expressions, but much simpler. If ``RELATIVE`` flag is specified, the results will be returned as relative paths to the given -path. +path. No specific order of results is defined. If order is important then +sort the list explicitly (e.g. using the :command:`list(SORT)` command). By default ``GLOB`` lists directories - directories are omited in result if ``LIST_DIRECTORIES`` is set to false.