OK, how do I count files in a directory QUICK!!!

[Matt Graham]

After a long battle with technology, kitepilot at kitepilot.com wrote:
> ls -f doesn't sort. Still takes longer than find. beats me...

And the short C program I posted earlier?  That should actually be faster than 
find, though the increased speed may be difficult to see.  Thing is, if you're 
running it every few seconds, it's worthwhile to optimize as much as possible.

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