apt-cache.vala

using Gtk;
using GLib;

private int64[] get_folder_data (File file, string space = "", Cancellable? cancellable = null) throws Error
{
  FileEnumerator enumerator = file.enumerate_children (
    "standard::*",
    FileQueryInfoFlags.NOFOLLOW_SYMLINKS,
    cancellable);

    int64 files = 0;
    int64 size  = 0;
    int64[] data = new int64[2];
    FileInfo info = null;

    while (cancellable.is_cancelled () == false && ((info = enumerator.next_file (cancellable)) != null)) {
        if (info.get_file_type () == FileType.DIRECTORY) {
            File subdir = file.resolve_relative_path (info.get_name ());
            get_folder_data (subdir, space + " ", cancellable);
        } else {
            files += 1;//Sum Files
            size  += info.get_size ();//Accumulates Size
        }
    }

    if (cancellable.is_cancelled ()) {
        throw new IOError.CANCELLED ("Operation was cancelled");
    }

    data[0] = files;
    data[1] = size;

    stdout.printf ("APT CACHE SIZE: %s\n", files.to_string());
    stdout.printf ("APT CACHE FILES: %s\n", size.to_string());

    return data;
}

public static int main (string[] args) {
    Gtk.init (ref args);

    File APT_CACHE_PATH = File.new_for_path ("/var/cache/apt/archives");
    try {
        get_folder_data (APT_CACHE_PATH, "", new Cancellable ());
    } catch (Error e) {
        stdout.printf ("ERROR: %s\n", e.message);
    }
    Gtk.main ();
    return 0;
}