> I can't remember offhand whether networker uses directory order (the 
> "unsorted" list), or inode order like with the old BSD dump/restore 
> system. In either case, over the long run it is a fairly random order.

It's definitely not inode order.  That's only useful for something
that's reading the raw device.  As a directory traverser (a la tar),
it's almost certainly going in directory order.

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