file.size

Syntax file.size (path)
Params path is a legal path name to the file or folder whose size you wish to determine.
Action Calculates the size of the file in bytes.
Returns A number reflecting the size of the file in bytes.
Examples file.size ("C:\\Program Files\\Frontier\\Frontier.root")

   » 3446224

string.megabyteString (file.size ("C:\\Program Files\\Frontier\\Frontier.root"))

   » "3.9MB"

file.size ("C:\\Program Files\\Frontier\\")

   » 0

This script returns 0 because this verb does not calculate folder sizes.


file.size ("System:System Folder:System")

   » 883602

string.kBytes (file.size ("System:System Folder:System"))

   » 863K // Uses string.kBytes to convert returned value to K rather than displaying as bytes.

file.size ("System:System Folder:")

   » 0

This script returns 0 because this verb does not calculate folder sizes.


file.size ("System:")

   » 0

This script returns 0 because this verb does not calculate volume sizes.
Notes This is the size of both the data and resource forks.

The size of a folder is 0 - use file.bytesInFolder to determine the size of a folder.

The size of a disk volume is 0 - use file.bytesOnVolume for volumes.
See Also file.bytesInFolder

file.bytesOnVolume

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