Restrict file search within current filessystem using wanted subroutine

madparu has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello,

I found the following code in Perl Monks to search for top 10 largest files in a filesystem. But it searches in all sub directories of different filesystem. Example., I have /var and /var/log filesystems, my requirement is to search top 10 files under /var but the code searches through /var/log too. is there a way to restrict the search with teh current filesystem alone with this script using File:find and warning subroutine?

use File::Find;

File::Find::find(
  {
    wanted => sub {
      return unless -f;
      my $s = -s _;
      return if $min < $s && @z > 10;
      push @z, [ $File::Find::name, $s ];
      @z = sort { $b->[1] <=> $a->[1] } @z;
      pop @z if @z > 10;
      $min = $z[-1]->[1];
      }
  },
  shift || '.'
);

for (@z) {
  print $_->[0], " ", $_->[1], "\n";
}
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Re: Restrict file search within current filessystem using wanted subroutine by haukex (Archbishop) on Apr 28, 2016 at 12:15 UTC
Hi madparu, There is a little-known feature of File::Find from find2perl, the variable `$File::Find::topdev`, which holds the device number of the path currently being searched under, which you can compare with the device number of the current file (stat). Stick the following at the top of your `wanted` function, and your search will be limited to the filesystems of the paths which you tell `File::Find::find` to search under. `if ( $File::Find::topdev != (stat)[0] ) { $File::Find::prune = 1; return }` [download] Update: Fixed `stat` vs. `stat(_)`, apologies. My test code was doing a stat beforehand, so `stat(_)` worked fine. But if the piece of code above is the very first thing in your `wanted` function, you should stat `$_` first, and only then use the special filehandle `_`. (The exception is when the `follow` option is set, then File::Find guarantees that an lstat has been called.) And by the way, Use strict and warnings! Hope this helps, -- Hauke D	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Restrict file search within current filessystem using wanted subroutine by madparu (Initiate) on Apr 28, 2016 at 12:40 UTC
Hello Hauke, A little confused... Can you please update the code I posted with your recommended piece of code to understand better. Thanks!	[reply]
Re^3: Restrict file search within current filessystem using wanted subroutine by haukex (Archbishop) on Apr 28, 2016 at 12:57 UTC
Hi madparu, Copy the two lines of code I posted above and paste them into your script between the lines "`wanted => sub {`" and "`return unless -f;`". If you have any problems, feel free to ask (and post your code along with any error messages you may be getting). Simply put, what the two lines do is compare the device number (see stat) of the path you are searching under to the device number of the file currently being inspected. If they don't match, meaning the file currently being inspected is on a different file system than where the search began, then the code tells File::Find not to descend into that directory by setting `$File::Find::prune` and to not further process the file (`return`). Regards, -- Hauke D	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Restrict file search within current filessystem using wanted subroutine by madparu (Initiate) on Apr 28, 2016 at 13:56 UTC
Re^4: Restrict file search within current filessystem using wanted subroutine by Anonymous Monk on May 12, 2016 at 09:27 UTC
Re^5: Restrict file search within current filessystem using wanted subroutine by haukex (Archbishop) on May 12, 2016 at 09:47 UTC
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Re^5: Restrict file search within current filessystem using wanted subroutine by afoken (Chancellor) on May 12, 2016 at 20:25 UTC
Re: Restrict file search within current filessystem using wanted subroutine by GotToBTru (Prior) on Apr 28, 2016 at 11:51 UTC
Simplest way - return if in a directory tree you don't want. `use File::Find; File::Find::find( { wanted => sub { return unless -f; return if ($File::Find::dir =~ /^\/var\/log/); my $s = -s _; return if $min < $s && @z > 10; push @z, [ $File::Find::name, $s ]; @z = sort { $b->[1] <=> $a->[1] } @z; pop @z if @z > 10; $min = $z[-1]->[1]; } }, shift \|\| '.' ); for (@z) { print $_->[0], " ", $_->[1], "\n"; }` [download] Update: a preprocess subroutine seems to be the canonical way to exclude files or directories. But see this post for a caveat I learned about the hard way. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 (NASB)	[reply] [d/l]