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+(function () {
+  var fs = require('fs'),
+    upath = require('path'),
+    util = require('util'),
+    Futures = require('futures'),
+    events = require('events'),
+    emitter = new events.EventEmitter(),
+    oneNodeEvents = [
+      "file",
+      "directory",
+      "blockDevice",
+      "characterDevice",
+      "symbolicLink",
+      "fifo",
+      "socket"
+    ],
+    multiNodeEvents = [
+      // multiple
+      "files",
+      "directories",
+      "blockDevices",
+      "characterDevices",
+      "symbolicLinks",
+      "fifos",
+      "sockets"
+    ],
+    fstat;
+
+  function sortNodesByType(path, stats, o, next) {
+    var type, listeners, num, count;
+
+    if (stats.isFile()) {
+      type = "file";
+      o.files.push(stats);
+    } else if (stats.isDirectory()) {
+      type = "directory";
+      o.dirs.push(stats);
+    } else if (stats.isBlockDevice()) {
+      type = "blockDevice";
+      o.blocks.push(stats);
+    } else if (stats.isCharacterDevice()) {
+      type = "characterDevice";
+      o.chars.push(stats);
+    } else if (stats.isSymbolicLink()) {
+      type = "symbolicLink";
+      o.links.push(stats);
+    } else if (stats.isFIFO()) {
+      type = "fifo";
+      o.fifos.push(stats);
+    } else if (stats.isSocket()) {
+      type = "socket";
+      o.sockets.push(stats);
+    } else {
+      throw new Error(upath.join(path,stats.name) + 'is not of any tested node type');
+    }
+   
+    listeners = emitter.listeners(type);
+    // get the current number of listeners (may change)
+    num = listeners.length;
+    if (!num) {
+      next();
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // join all; once all listeners have responded, continue
+    count = 0;
+    emitter.emit(type, path, stats, function () {
+      count += 1;
+      if (num === count) {
+        next();
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  function handleFiles(path, files) {
+    var s = Futures.sequence(),
+      nodes = [],
+      o = {
+        errors: [],
+        dirs: [],
+        files: [],
+        links: [],
+        blocks: [],
+        chars: [],
+        fifos: [],
+        sockets: []
+      };
+
+    files.forEach(function (file) {
+      s.then(function (next) {
+        fstat(upath.join(path, file), function (err, stats) {
+          if (err) {
+            util.debug("[Error] " + util.inspect(err));
+            next();
+            return;
+          }
+          stats.name = file;
+          sortNodesByType(path, stats, o, next);
+        });
+      });
+    });
+    s.then(function (next) {
+      // TODO copycat the emitters above
+      next();
+    });
+    return s;
+  }
+
+  function handlePath(path) {
+    
+  }
+
+  function walk(fullpath, options) {
+    fstat = (options||{}).followLinks ? fs.stat : fs.lstat;
+
+    var path, file, len, s;
+
+    upath.normalize(fullpath);
+
+    len = fullpath.length - 1;
+    if (len > 1 && '/' === fullpath[len]) {
+      fullpath = fullpath.substr(0, len);
+    }
+
+    path = upath.dirname(fullpath);
+    file = upath.basename(fullpath);
+
+    s = handleFiles(path, [file]);
+    s(function (next) { next(); });
+    return emitter;
+  }
+
+  var walker = walk("/System");
+  walker.on("directory", function (path, dir, next) {
+    console.log(path, dir.name);
+    next();
+  });
+}());