> Give me a mechanism to know how many files are on the file system and > I might be able to give you an idea. Yes, hardlinks are a complication. However, a useful progress measure can be computed as the percentage of _known_ total .st_nlink that have been seen so far. The numerator starts at zero. The denominator starts at (total_inodes - free_inodes). Update the denominator upon seeing each inode for the first time. Update the numerator upon seeing each hardlink in turn, including the first time for each inode. So, if 2==.st_nlink, then the first directory entry for any particular .st_ino results in numerator += 1; denominator += .st_nlink - 1; and the remnaining directory entries for that .st_ino do just numerator += 1; The fraction will wobble (go "backwards") upon first encounter with each inode that has (1 < .st_nlink), but the wobble will be small after 10% of duration. This method requires one additional stat() per inode [to check .st_nlink], assuming that a directory entry already gives you the .st_ino. It also requires a bit table to track the first encounter of each inode. -- -- selinux mailing list selinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/selinux
