'\" t .\" Title: vfs_dirsort .\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR" section] .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot .\" Date: 10/14/2024 .\" Manual: System Administration tools .\" Source: Samba 4.21.1 .\" Language: English .\" .TH "VFS_DIRSORT" "8" "10/14/2024" "Samba 4\&.21\&.1" "System Administration tools" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 .\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "NAME" vfs_dirsort \- Sort directory contents .SH "SYNOPSIS" .HP \w'\ 'u vfs objects = dirsort .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP This VFS module is part of the \fBsamba\fR(7) suite\&. .PP The vfs_dirsort module sorts directory entries alphabetically before sending them to the client\&. .PP Please be aware that adding this module might have negative performance implications for large directories\&. .SH "EXAMPLES" .PP Sort directories for all shares: .sp .if n \{\ .RS 4 .\} .nf \fI[global]\fR \m[blue]\fBvfs objects = dirsort\fR\m[] .fi .if n \{\ .RE .\} .SH "VERSION" .PP This man page is part of version 4\&.21\&.1 of the Samba suite\&. .SH "AUTHOR" .PP The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew Tridgell\&. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed\&.