filesize
filesize(path...)
Equivalent to stat(file).size
Examples
In the julia programming language, the function filesize(path...)
The filesize function is equivalent to stat(file).size and returns the size of a file in bytes.
julia> filesize("file.txt")
100This example retrieves the size of the file "file.txt" and returns the result in bytes.
julia> filesize("path/to/directory")
ERROR: SystemError: path/to/directory: No such file or directoryIf the specified file or directory doesn't exist, an error will be thrown. Make sure to provide a valid path.
julia> filesize("/absolute/path/to/file.dat")
512The filesize function can also be used with absolute paths to retrieve the size of a file.
Common mistake example:
julia> filesize("file.pdf", "file.txt")
ERROR: MethodError: no method matching filesize(::String, ::String)In this example, the filesize function is called with multiple arguments instead of a single argument representing the file path. Ensure that you pass only one argument representing the file path to the filesize function.
See Also
abspath, basename, chmod, countlines, cp, ctime, dirname, download, evalfile, expanduser, fdio, filemode, filesize, functionloc, gperm, homedir, include_string, isabspath, isblockdev, ischardev, isdir, isdirpath, isexecutable, isfifo, isfile, islink, ismount, ispath, isreadable, issetgid, issetuid, issticky, iswritable, joinpath, less, lstat, mkdir, mkpath, mktemp, mktempdir, mtime, mv, normpath, operm, poll_fd, poll_file, readall, readcsv, readdir, readdlm, readlines, readlink, realpath, relpath, rm, splitdir, splitdrive, splitext, stat, symlink, tempdir, tempname, touch, truncate, uperm, watch_file, writecsv,User Contributed Notes
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