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| 51 | Normally, F<treescan> will use heuristics to avoid most C<stat> calls, |
51 | Normally, F<treescan> will use heuristics to avoid most C<stat> calls, |
| 52 | which is what makes it so fast. This option forces it to C<stat> every file. |
52 | which is what makes it so fast. This option forces it to C<stat> every file. |
| 53 | |
53 | |
| 54 | This is only useful for the side effect of pulling the C<stat> data into |
54 | This is only useful for the side effect of pulling the C<stat> data into |
| 55 | the cache. If your disk cache is big enough, it will be filled with file |
55 | the cache. If your disk cache is big enough, it will be filled with |
| 56 | metadata after F<treescan> is done, which can speed up subsequent commands |
56 | file meta data after F<treescan> is done, which can speed up subsequent |
| 57 | considerably. Often, you can run F<treescan> in parallel with other |
57 | commands considerably. Often, you can run F<treescan> in parallel with |
| 58 | directory-scanning programs to speed them up. |
58 | other directory-scanning programs to speed them up. |
| 59 | |
59 | |
| 60 | =item -d, --dirs |
60 | =item -d, --dirs |
| 61 | |
61 | |
| 62 | Only lists directories, not file paths. This is useful if you quickly want |
62 | Only lists directories, not file paths. This is useful if you quickly want |
| 63 | a list of directories and their subdirectories. |
63 | a list of directories and their subdirectories. |
| 64 | |
64 | |
| 65 | =item -f, --files |
65 | =item -f, --files |
| 66 | |
66 | |
| 67 | Only list files, not directories. This is useful if you want to coperate |
67 | Only list files, not directories. This is useful if you want to operate on |
| 68 | on all files in a hierarchy, and the directories would ony get in the way. |
68 | all files in a hierarchy, and the directories would ony get in the way. |
| 69 | |
69 | |
| 70 | =item -p, --progress |
70 | =item -p, --progress |
| 71 | |
71 | |
| 72 | Regularly print some progress information to standard error. This is |
72 | Regularly print some progress information to standard error. This is |
| 73 | useful to get some progress information on long running tasks. Since |
73 | useful to get some progress information on long running tasks. Since |
