jeevs wrote:
I am in need to write a script which will count the number of files
and directories in a given directory. It will also record the
statistics of the directory within the main directory.
I have thought of a hash structure like
%hash = {
filecnt => value,
dircnt => value,
dir1 => {
filecnt => value,
dircnt => value,
dir1 =>{ ...}
},
dir2 => {
filecnt => value,
dircnt => value,
dir1 =>{ ...}
},
}
[snip]
My first thought is that your structure is very hard to get anything out
of once it's been built. What is your intention once you've gathered all
of this data?
Also, I assume 'dir1', 'dir2' etc. are the names of the directories?
What happens if a directory happens to be named 'filecnt' or 'dircnt'?
I recommend you think through this a little more before committing
yourself. You are likely to be more successful if your internal data
structure is a basis for the solution to the overall problem rather than
simply echoing the form of the source data.
HTH,
Rob
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