Getting a file size.

[Abubakar]

Hi ,
I wrote the following code in c++ (native) to get file size:

int o_get_file_leng th(const char * filename)
{
ifstream f (filename, ios::binary );
f.seekg (0, ios::end );
int length = f.tellg ();
f.close();
return length;

}

Is this ok, or is there a better way to get the file size?

Regards,

-Ab.

[Bruno van Dooren]

> Hi ,

I wrote the following code in c++ (native) to get file size:

int o_get_file_leng th(const char * filename)
{
ifstream f (filename, ios::binary );
f.seekg (0, ios::end );
int length = f.tellg ();
f.close();
return length;

}

You could use the stat or _fstat functions.

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Kind regards,
Bruno.
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[Kevin Frey]

Win32 API (although I know I should be talking about .NET here) has a
GetFileSize API. The one advantage of this is that it is capable of
reporting file sizes larger than 4Gb, because it uses two DWORDs for the
result. If you're not dealing with huge files then this is not an issue of
course, and I'd recommend stat as previously advised.

Kevin
"Bruno van Dooren" <br************ **********@hotm ail.com> wrote in message
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Hi ,
I wrote the following code in c++ (native) to get file size:

int o_get_file_leng th(const char * filename)
{
ifstream f (filename, ios::binary );
f.seekg (0, ios::end );
int length = f.tellg ();
f.close();
return length;

}

You could use the stat or _fstat functions.

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Kind regards,
Bruno.
br************* *********@hotma il.com
Remove only "_nos_pam"

[Abubakar]

Thanks for the reply to all.

Win32 API (although I know I should be talking about .NET here) has a I'm doing it in native pure c++, not using .net anywhere.
GetFileSize API. The one advantage of this is that it is capable of
Thanks for the winapi too.

Abubakar.

"Kevin Frey" <ke**********@h otmail.com> wrote in message
news:em******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP11.phx.gbl... Win32 API (although I know I should be talking about .NET here) has a
GetFileSize API. The one advantage of this is that it is capable of
reporting file sizes larger than 4Gb, because it uses two DWORDs for the
result. If you're not dealing with huge files then this is not an issue of
course, and I'd recommend stat as previously advised.

Kevin
"Bruno van Dooren" <br************ **********@hotm ail.com> wrote in message
news:E3******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...

Hi ,
I wrote the following code in c++ (native) to get file size:

int o_get_file_leng th(const char * filename)
{
ifstream f (filename, ios::binary );
f.seekg (0, ios::end );
int length = f.tellg ();
f.close();
return length;

}

You could use the stat or _fstat functions.

--

Kind regards,
Bruno.
br************* *********@hotma il.com
Remove only "_nos_pam"