fatsort(8)
NAME
FATSort - FAT filesystem sorting utility
SYNOPSIS
fatsort [options] device
DESCRIPTION
FATsort sorts directory structures of FAT filesystems. Many MP3 hardware players don't sort files automatically but play them in the order
they were transmitted to the device. FATSort can help here.
OPTIONS
- -c This option causes FATSort to ignore the case of filenames (e.g.
- 'example.mp3' is equal to 'EXAMPLE.MP3').
- -f Force sorting even if the device is mounted or if FATSort cannot
- determine if the device is mounted.
- -h Shows some help information.
- -i Prints some file system information of the specified device.
- -l FATsort will not sort directory structures, but just print the
- current order.
- -o type
- This options specifies how FATSort will sort files and directories. type can be 'd' for directories before files (which is the default), 'f' for files before directories, or 'a' for no differentiation between files and directories.
- -n Uses natural order to sort directory structures instead of
- alphanumeric order. For example, an alphanumeric order would be
file123.mp3
file21.mp3
file3.mp3 - and the corresponding natural order would be
file3.mp3
file21.mp3
file123.mp3. - -d directory
- Sort only directories starting with directory and ignore all subdirectories.
- -D directory
- Sort only directories starting with directory and all subdirectories.
- -q FATSort will work quietly without printing additional informa
- tion messages.
- -r Sorts the directories in reverse order (Z-A).
- -v Shows version information only.
EXAMPLES
- Sorting FAT filesystem on an USB stick:
- fatsort /dev/sda1
- Sorting FAT filesystem in a file:
- fatsort /home/user/fat16_fs.img
- Sorting FAT filesystem of drive E: under Windows:
- fatsort E:
AUTHOR
Boris Leidner <fatsort(at)formenos.de>, 2004-2008
SEE ALSO
NOTES
FAT12 is not supported yet.
REPORT BUGS
- Please report bugs to fatsort(at)formenos.de. Thanks.