Calculate space usage for a folder and all subfolders

[freavis]

I am trying to calculate the size of a folder using a vbscript. I have already got a script that works using the .size property. But if you look at the propertys of a folder you will see a "Size:" and a "Size on Disk:". Does anyone know how to get the Size on Disk back? I'm assuming that you will have to make caculations for how many files are in the subfolders since it is using the block size for getting this number. I have not been able to find a way to do this yet, but I know there must be a way since it shows up in the properties of the folder.
Thanks in advance.

 

[dougcranston]

This can be done several ways. VBScript/WSH and WMI.

VBScript/WSH See:

Check Devguru.com

http://www.devguru.com/Technologies/vbscript/quickref/objects.html

Look at Filesystemobject and Folders collection (has a property of size that reports used in bytes.)

Sample code scan for: FolderProperties.vbs

http://www.cs.odu.edu/~wild/windowsNT/Spring00/wsh.htm

Also try searching Google for: "wsh folder collection size" or some combination like that.

Hope this helps.
DougCranston