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Re: quickest way to find number of files in a directory?

by pvaldes (Chaplain)
on Jul 02, 2012 at 17:51 UTC ( [id://979478]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to quickest way to find number of files in a directory?

The quickest way...

This sounds to "inode count" to me...

maybe use Inline C => ... and point your arrows to stat and the inode table?.

I agree, quickest and simplest are not always the same thing... with great speed comes great responsability... and fantastic headaches too

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