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    <p>Currently I'm working on a script that will go through a given folder and search for all files with a specific extension. It will then print out the name and sum the file size. I believe i have most of the issues sorted out, so this question isn't about how to do this.</p> <p>Instead, I want to know what would be the best practice for using FileSystemObject streams in a recursive function. Should I be using a single stream for all calls (either global, or passed), or should I be creating a new stream for each recursive step?</p> <p>For extra fun, I'm planning on having this access multiple PCs, and over UNC path. And yes, I expect there's a better way of doing this, but I'm relatively new with VBS.</p> <p>Current code:</p> <pre><code>'Recursive Function handles search of files in folder and subfolders. Function UNCSearchFolder(strUNCRootPath, strUNCNextFolder) Dim objFSOUNCSearchFolder, objFSOUNCSearchFolder2, colFolderList, objFolder, strCurrentFolder, strSubFolder 'Get list of Subfolders in folder: &lt;Rootpath&gt;\&lt;Nextfolder&gt; strCurrentFolder = strUNCRootPath &amp; "\" &amp; strUNCNextFolder &amp; "\" Set objFSOUNCSearchFolder = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objFSOUNCSearchFolder2 = objFSOUNCSearchFolder.GetFolder(strCurrentFolder) Set colFolderList = objFSOUNCSearchFolder2.SubFolders 'Subfolder dive For Each objFolder in colFolderList strSubFolder = objFolder.name 'REMOVE THIS ECHO LATER wscript.echo strSubFolder UNCSearchFolder(strCurrentFolder, strSubFolder) Next 'Search for files here 'GC on File Streams Set objFSOUNCSearchFolder2 = Nothing Set objFSOUNCSearchFolder = Nothing End Function </code></pre> <p>So, should one filestream be used for all accesses or should each step use one separately? Is it a moot point? Will this cause multiple connections to each system or should it only use one? Basically I want the script to work without disrupting users, or causing weird responses (ie, running out of active connections). The script will only be used a couple times for an audit we're doing, but may eventually be repurposed for future audits.</p> <p>Let me know what you think. Thanks for any help,</p>
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    1. COI'm pretty sure that most coders not consider to optimize FSO calls in recursion, therefore you got my upvote for this question.
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