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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