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Calculate total size of the directory


Posted Date: 19 Aug 2009    Resource Type: Code Snippets    Category: File Operations
Author: Shunmuganathan MMember Level: Diamond    
Rating: 1 out of 5Points: 7



Description :


We can calculate the total size of the directory,
By adding the size of the files.

Name Spaces

using System;
using System.IO;


Code Segment

class MainClass {
static void Main(string[] args) {
DirectoryInfo MyDirectoryInfo = new DirectoryInfo("c:\\Nathan");
Console.WriteLine("Total size: " + CalculateDirectorySize(DirectoryInfo, true).ToString() + " bytes.");

}

static long CalculateDirectorySize(DirectoryInfo Mydirectory, bool includeSubdirectories) {
long totalSize = 0;

FileInfo[] Myfiles = Mydirectory.GetFiles();
foreach (FileInfo file in Myfiles) {
totalSize += file.Length;
}

if (includeSubdirectories) {
DirectoryInfo[] Mydirs = Mydirectory.GetDirectories();
foreach (DirectoryInfo dir in Mydirs) {
totalSize += CalculateDirectorySize(dir, true);
}
}

return totalSize;
}
}


Code Explanation

1. The method "CalculateDirectorySize" is used to calculate the size of the directory.
2. Get directory
3. Get all the files in the directory
4. Calculate the file size and add it
5. Display the total size of the directory


By
Nathan



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