Re: sort directory help

From: Nathan (frizop-manchu_at_charter.net)
Date: 01/03/05 

Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 21:37:20 GMT

http://search.cpan.org/~muir/Time-modules-2003.1126/lib/Time/ParseDate.pm

might help you, or you could parse it yourself.

--Nathan

"Jake Wiley" <OEKilla@msn.com> wrote in news:1104788305.272941.63060
@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

> I need to sort a directory which is all fine BUT my directory names are
> all in date formats like Nov 18 2004, Dec 23, 2005 etc.. The simple
> sort works BUT like this:
> Aug 5 2004
> Dec 1 2004
> Dec 8 2004
> Jan 2 2005
> Nov 7 2004
>
> I want to get the folders in chronological order. It's for a backup
> program and I want to be able to delete the oldest folder after a
> couple of weeks. Could somebody please point me in the right direction
> or perhaps a module that does this. Thanks
>
>

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