From: Carl N Baldwin <cnb@hpsvcnb.fc.hp.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 16:45:39 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Sort leftovers by last backup date THEN BY decreasing filesize.
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Sort leftovers by last backup date THEN BY decreasing filesize.
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diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index fb7d522..8540adf 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -177,12 +177,13 @@ int main() {
   unsigned long long modified_blocks, modified_bytes;
   sizes( modified_v.begin(), modified_v.end(), modified_blocks, modified_bytes );
 
-  // Now, sort the backups by filesize and build a list that'll fit on a DVD
+  // Now, sort the backups by filesize (decreasing) and build a list that'll fit
+  // on a DVD
   file_vector backups_s;
   copy( backups.begin(), backups.end(), back_inserter( backups_s ) );
 
   FileDataSizeCmp sizecmp;
-  sort( backups_s.begin(), backups_s.end(), sizecmp );
+  sort( backups_s.rbegin(), backups_s.rend(), sizecmp );
 
   file_set final;
   unsigned long long space = 0x100000000ULL;
@@ -191,13 +192,15 @@ int main() {
 
   // Copy files over until full or out of files
   bool complete
-    = copy_until_full( backups_s.rbegin(), backups_s.rend(), final_i, space );
+    = copy_until_full( backups_s.begin(), backups_s.end(), final_i, space );
 
   // Track the size filled up by essential backups
   unsigned long long essential_blocks, essential_bytes;
   sizes( final.begin(), final.end(), essential_blocks, essential_bytes );
 
-  // Now, sort the non-backed-up list by last_backup_date and back-fill
+  // Now, sort the non-backed-up list by last_backup_date, then by filesize
+  // (decreasing) and back-fill.  This should minimize the number of DVDs in the
+  // collection left with actual content.
   if( 0 != space ) {
     file_vector leftovers;
     FileDataNameCmp cmp;
@@ -207,7 +210,10 @@ int main() {
                     cmp );
 
     FileDataLastBackupCmp lastbackupcmp;
-    sort( leftovers.begin(), leftovers.end(), lastbackupcmp );
+    // Achieve 'last back date then by filesize' by first sorting by filesizing
+    // and then running stable sort by last backup date.
+    sort(        leftovers.rbegin(), leftovers.rend(), sizecmp );
+    stable_sort( leftovers.begin(),  leftovers.end(),  lastbackupcmp );
 
     copy_until_full( leftovers.begin(), leftovers.end(), final_i, space );
   }