I understand now that any sort performed on a find() would delay it 
until directory traversal is complete.

Thanks for your answers.

Raphaël


Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In message "Re: Find.find reversed order on MacOSX Snow Leopard"
>     on Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:19:50 +0900, Raphal Marmier 
> <raphael / marmier.net> writes:
> 
> |I just found out that the following code yields the directory listing in
> |reverse alphanumerical order on Snow Leopard (10.6.1). This is with the
> |out-of-the-box ruby install.
> 
> |Is it expected behaviour and what can I do to restore the previous one?
> 
> Find.find does no sorting.  It traverse through paths in the order
> given from underlying OS.  If you see the order changed on Snow
> Leopard, it must be their _fault_.  If you really need the specific
> order, you have to gather paths first, then sort them before process.
> 
>               matz.

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