SortByName

• Items are not just sorted by their filename (for example "explorer.exe"), but by their full pathname including all the folder names (for excample "c:\windows\explorer.exe"). The result is that all items that are in the same folder are placed in a block together on disk, and inside that block they're sorted by their filename.
• If you run the program again and there has been a small change, for example a single file that was added or deleted, then all the files "above" that file have to be moved. This is alright for a small number of items with little data, but can take a long time to complete for large numbers of items with a lot of data.
• This action will also defragment. It is therefore not necessary to combine this action with the  Defragment action.
• This action will create "wrap around" fragments. For more information see the  IgnoreWrapAroundFragmentation setting.
• If a file has multiple names (hard links) then the file is sorted by the first name that happens to be mentioned in the FAT/MFT.

Syntax

Example

See also:

 FileSelect

 FileBoolean

 FileActions