Obtaining the size of a file

[John Craig]

I agree, Jim - I certainly wouldn't have that many files in a single 
directory - they aren't mine and I don't create them.

Jim Ault wrote:
> I have never seen 34000 files in one directory before, so I am not sure what
> to think.  It might be more practical to look at a log file that the system
> creates when it modifies files.  This might give you a short list
> immediately.
>
> Do the files change once they are created?
> It seems like 34000 files would not be changing all the time. Getting the
> list at the top of the hour might get you closer to you goal.
>
> Rev relies on shell or Applescript to handle single calls, so not much help
> for you.
>
>
> Jim Ault
> Las Vegas
>
> On 4/23/07 4:24 PM, "John Craig" <jc at spl21.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> For only 1 folder containing 34,782 files on MY machine (3GHz, 512Mb
>> RAM) which is not running any services.
>>
>> Time taken to get 'the detailed files';
>> 26888 millisecs = 26.888 seconds
>>
>> Size of output generated by rev for 'the detailed files';
>> 2543957 bytes = 2.5Mb
>>
>> On a busy server, the results could be considerably greater.  The fact
>> that it amounts to just under 0.8 millisecs per file is irrelevant - If
>> I need a few (or a few hundred) file sizes, I still need to wait for the
>> entire output to be generated.  Economical?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Richard Gaskin wrote:
>>     
>>> Turns out my test wasn't all that useful, since the OS has a bit of a
>>> bottleneck grabbing the info from 12,000+ files in a single directory.
>>>
>>> Running the same test on a folder that has only a few hundred files
>>> gives a per-file speed more on par with what we might expect:
>>>
>>> # File: 329  Total: 9ms  Per file: 0.027356ms
>>>
>>> MacBook Pro, 2.16 GHz, 2MB RAM
>>>
>>>       
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