[texhax] list files with lua: windows vs linux

[Arno Trautmann]

Hi all,

I have a data evaluation script that produces eps output files named like

scan043_shot001...
scan043_shot002...
scan043_shot003...

I want to have them nicely put together in one pdf, including some 
additional information. Using some Lua code, I managed to get exactly 
what I wanted. Under Windows, at least – using:

for file in lfs.dir(".") do

This results in an iterator that lists the files numerically. Under 
Linux, however, the file listing is completely arbitrary. Is there a way 
to influence the order of the output of lfs.dir? The full example is 
listed below.
Is there a (maybe even more elegant) way to get this reliably listing 
the files independently of the OS?

I would be very thankful for any hints!

Best,
Arno

\documentclass{beamer}
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
\usepackage{graphicx,luacode}
\begin{document}
\catcode`\_12
\begin{luacode}
require "lfs"
for file in lfs.dir(".") do
texio.write_nl(file)
if string.find(file,string.sub(tex.jobname,-7)) then
if string.find(file,".eps") then
if string.find(file,".pdf") then else
tex.print("\\begin{frame}{"..file.."}\\includegraphics{{{"..string.sub(file,1,-5).."}}}\\end{frame}")
end
end
end
end
\end{luacode}

\end{document}