File size - how? 2

[IlyaRabyy]

Colleagues,

I need to get the size, in bytes, of a file on disk.
The documentation for VB .NET 2012 ain't helping:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.io.fileinfo.length?view=netframework-4.8

has the array of strings which I do not need, and I cannot figure out (syntax!) how to get a single file's size.

AHWBGA!


Regards,

Ilya

 

[Andrzejek]

Public Function GetSizeKB(ByVal filename As String) As Double
[green]    ' There are 1024 bytes in a kilobyte[/green]
    Return New IO.FileInfo(filename).Length / 1024
End Function

From Calculate The File Size On Disk In KB
To get it in bytes just remove [tt]/ 1024[/tt]


---- Andy

There is a great need for a sarcasm font.

 

[IlyaRabyy]

Exactly what I was looking for!
Thank you, colleague!

Regards,

Ilya

 

[Andrzejek]

Little Google goes a long way...


---- Andy

There is a great need for a sarcasm font.

 

[strongm]

Or perhaps the slightly faster, slightly more lightweight

[blue]    Public Function GetSizeKB(ByVal filename As String) As Double
        [COLOR=green]' There are 1024 bytes in a kilobyte[/color]
        Return FileLen(filename) / 1024
    End Function[/blue]

The choice is yours!

 

[IlyaRabyy]

Thank you, Strongm!
Right, I totally forgot about this function, haven't used it (along with the rest of VB) for the last 14 years!


Regards,

Ilya