# NAME

Filesys::DiskUsage::Fast - A fast disk usage counter (du) with XS

# SYNOPSIS

   use Filesys::DiskUsage::Fast qw(du);


   my $total = du( $dir );
   my $total = du( $dir1, $dir2, ... );

# DESCRIPTION

A simple but fast disk usage counter implemented as XS module.

# FUNCTIONS

- __du()__

   Returns total byte number contained in directories specified.

       my $total = du("/usr/local");
       my $total = du("/bin", "/sbin", "/usr/bin", "/usr/sbin");

# GLOBAL VARIABLES

- __$ShowWarnings__

   If true, errors will be warn()ed. Default is true.
   Set false to suppress warnings (not found, permission denied etc).

       local $Filesys::DiskUsage::Fast::ShowWarnings = 0;
       du(...);

- __$SectorSize__

   If > 0, the specified size is used to calculate the block size.
   Default value is 0, returns real occupied size.

       local $Filesys::DiskUsage::Fast::SectorSize = 4096;
       du(...);

# PERFORMANCE

   s/iter   pp   xs
pp   1.35   -- -85%
xs  0.197 584%   --

tested on a directory contains around 11GB 3300+ files, CentOS 5 (HDD).

# CAVEAT

All symbolic links always result 0 byte. Block, FIFO and other special files may not be counted accurately.

# DEPENDENCY

None

# SEE ALSO

Filesys::DiskUsage, Number::Bytes::Human

# REPOSITORY

https://github.com/ryochin/p5-filesys-diskusage-fast

# AUTHOR

Ryo Okamoto, `<ryo at aquahill dot net>`

# COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2012 Ryo Okamoto, All Rights Reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.