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v1

v1.0.1

Jan 13, 2026

Changes in this version

+ type Dirent struct

+ Inode uint64

+ func NewDirent(path string) (*Dirent, error)

+ func (d *Dirent) AppendTo(p []byte) []byte

+ func (d *Dirent) Bytes() []byte

+ func (d *Dirent) IsDir() bool

+ func (d *Dirent) IsRegular() bool

+ func (d *Dirent) IsSymlink() bool

+ func (d *Dirent) Type() fs.FileMode

+ type ErrorCallback func(path string, err error)

+ type PathCallback func(entry *Dirent) error

+ type StatData struct

+ Bytes uint64

+ Close uint64

+ Open uint64

+ Read uint64

+ Stat uint64

+ Write uint64

+ WriteBytes uint64

+ type StatsOutput func(time.Time, StatData)

+ type Walker struct

+ func New(cb PathCallback, includDirs, ignoreSymlinks bool) *Walker

+ func (s *Walker) AddClose()

+ func (s *Walker) AddOpen()

+ func (s *Walker) AddRead(count int)

+ func (s *Walker) AddStat()

+ func (s *Walker) AddWrite(count int)

+ func (s *Walker) LogStats(ctx context.Context) func()

+ func (w *Walker) EnableStats(interval time.Duration, output StatsOutput)

+ func (w *Walker) Walk(dir string, errCB ErrorCallback) error

v1.0.0

Jan 13, 2026