How to get file-size of a file?

[Monisankar]

How can i implement one function to get the file size of a file which takes pointer to the file path?Please help..

[Martin Koorts]

Hi Using Win32, you can use FindFirstFile and inspect the WIN32_FIND_DATA structure returned from that (and call FindClose when you leave). In .NET, that information is available from the FileInfo class. HTH Martin

[David Crow]

Why not use GetFileSize()?

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[Monisankar]

The function should take only the constant pointer to the path of the file..

[David Crow]

Ok, what's wrong with:

DWORD SizeOfFile( LPCTSTR lpszFile )
{
DWORD dwSize = 0;
HANDLE hFile;

hFile = CreateFile(lpszFile, 0, 0, NULL, OPEN\_EXISTING, ...);
if (hFile != INVALID\_HANDLE\_VALUE)
{
    dwSize = GetFileSize(hFile, NULL); // you may want to use GetFileSizeEx() instead
    CloseHandle(hFile);
}

return (dwSize);

}

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[HurricaneFlossie]

Try CFile myFile(lpszFileName, CFile::modeRead); int len = myFile.GetLength(); Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that ... Author: George Carlin