From: Kyle Schmitt <kyleaschmitt@...>
Date: 2008-01-15T02:10:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Counting the files in a directory....

Robert,
          The script itself won't be run as routinely as the
directories are rotated.  The directories have a daily rotation so
there are only the most recent 10 days available at once, but the
script itself may only be invoked once or twice in a month, at most.

I understand that the size of the directory itself is a problem, but I
was hoping that somehow there was a way to get a simple, more
efficient count.  I know the b-tree based file systems are somewhat
new in unix & unix-like systems, I was just hoping there was some more
efficient way :)

The script itself (as it stands now, albeit slower than I would have
liked) does the following:
With no arguments, lists the number of quarantined and spam messages
being held, for each day.
With a date, lists the file names of the quarantined messages, as well
as their recipients.
With a date and the file name of a quarantined message, warns the
user, asks them if they want to continue, then moves the message back
into the appropriate queue to be delivered.


Thanks

--Kyle