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On 21.06.2015 13:09, [email protected] [ocaml_beginners] wrote:
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> In the ocaml interpreter, I can type
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> Sys.command "du -d 1 pathformydirectory ";;
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> to inspect the disk usage in a given directory.
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> The problem is, the result is of type unit and I would prefer a result of type,
> say, (string*int) list.
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> Is there a function from the Unix or Sys module that does this ?
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If you do it right, you will get back a string from the command execution, or a
string list, but not a (string*int) list.
You will have to scan the input.
Another proposal: why don't you just write "du" in OCaml?
Read the directory with Sys.readdir, make Unix.stat for every entry, go through the
list,
for files collect the size, for directories you have to make Sys.readdir, make
Unix.stat for every entry...
Get the idea? The perfect beginners project to get some list processing and recursion
done, fully functional.
/Str.