# File: dircache-example-1.py

import dircache

import os, time

# 
# test cached version

t0 = time.clock()

for i in range(100):
    dircache.listdir(os.sep)

print "cached", time.clock() - t0

# 
# test standard version

t0 = time.clock()

for i in range(100):
    os.listdir(os.sep)

print "standard", time.clock() - t0

## $ python dircache-example-1.py
## cached 0.0664509964968
## standard 0.5560845807