Sort order in `Dir.entries`

Question

Is there a fixed/default sort order in which Dir.entries returns results? I know by experience that the first two entries are \".\" and \"..\

Answer 1

Expanding on @maerics' answer ,the below ignores . && .. , regex based filter , and select the latest file if desired.

    Dir.chdir(in_dir)
    target_file   =  Dir.entries(in_dir).select(|x| 
                     x != '.' && 
                     x != '..' && 
                     x =~ /\somefile.txt\z/).sort_by{|f|File.mtime(f)}.last(1)
   puts "here i am #{target_file}"