Re^3: Random Files Recursively Form Directory

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I don't see how the size of the files in a directory would affect File::Find, data structure preparation and shuffling the list. I would say that number of files in a directory would have an effect. What is the number of files per directory?

I would think File::Random would also be slow if the number of files in a directory is huge. A quick check of the code in File::Random make me think that it re-reads the whole directory every time you call random_file() and therefore you could get the same file returned more than one time.

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Re^4: Random Files Recursively Form Directory by gautamparimoo (Beadle) on Apr 03, 2013 at 05:22 UTC
Each directory consists of atleast 5000 files plus sub directories having atleast 3000 files. But any how it looks like the only possible solution so ill give it a try. Thnks... One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. -Elbert Hubbard	[reply]

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