Chimera Files are not read in correct order

[Silberbaer]

When loading up data files generated by the Chimera VC100, the files are not loaded in the same order as they were generated. This messes up the time ordering in the overall current trace.

[shadowk29]

Possible solution here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6773584/how-is-pythons-glob-glob-ordered

import os
sorted(glob.glob(filter), key=os.path.getmtime)

[abalijepalli]

Should we sort by mod time or filename, i.e. assume there is some chronological ordering of filenames as they are generated? Would relying on mod time cause issues if the files were moved on some OSes?

[shadowk29]

You're probably correct that we should sort by name. The default format for chimera files is [basename]_yyyymmdd_hhmmss.log. If sorting by name matches chronological order that will work.

EDIT: some quick testing confirms that sorting by name works for this file type

[abalijepalli]

Commit 877486d adds a lexical sort to the globbed files. Let me know if that fixes it.