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diff --git a/python/python-scandir/README b/python/python-scandir/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..7fcbf2782f6d8 --- /dev/null +++ b/python/python-scandir/README @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +scandir, a better directory iterator and faster os.walk() + +scandir() is a generator version of os.listdir() that returns +an iterator over files in a directory, and also exposes the +extra information most OSes provide while iterating files in a +directory (such as type and stat information). + +This module also includes a version of os.walk() that uses +scandir() to speed it up significantly. + +NOTE: If you’re using Python version 3.5+, os.scandir() and the +speed improvements to os.walk() are already available in the +standard library. |