Variable: eshell-cmpl-compare-entry-function

eshell-cmpl-compare-entry-function is a customizable variable defined in em-cmpl.el.gz.

Value

file-newer-than-file-p

Documentation

This function is used to order file entries for completion.

The behavior of most all shells is to sort alphabetically.

Its value is assigned to pcomplete-compare-entry-function locally after eshell starts.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/eshell/em-cmpl.el.gz
(defcustom eshell-cmpl-compare-entry-function #'file-newer-than-file-p
  (eshell-cmpl--custom-variable-docstring 'pcomplete-compare-entry-function)
  :type (get 'pcomplete-compare-entry-function 'custom-type))