Finding the size of a folder

[bharathreddy]

How to find the size of a folder using C# code?

step1:
Here take the folder which u want to find the size, then pass that folder to the recursive function name FolderSize!.

DirectoryInfo dirInfo = new DirectoryInfo(strPath) ;            
decimal dSize = 0;
//If the folder exists then only its size will be calculated if not its size will be 
//zero!
 if (dirInfo.Exists)
                dSize = FolderSize(dirInfo);
 

Step2:

#region FolderSize (Recursive Function)
    /// <summary>
    /// This method is used to find the size of the folder specified.
    /// This method is called recursively to find the length of the folder.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="dirInfo"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    protected decimal FolderSize(DirectoryInfo dirInfo)
    {
        decimal dSize = 0;
 
        //Size of the files in that specific fodler.
        foreach (FileInfo fileInfo in dirInfo.GetFiles())
        {
            dSize += Math.Abs((decimal)(fileInfo.Length / 1024.0));
        }
 
        //Size of the files in the child folders
        foreach (DirectoryInfo childDir in dirInfo.GetDirectories())
        {
            dSize += FolderSize(childDir);
        }
        return dSize;
    }
    #endregion

This is the simple recursive method used for finding the size of the folder hirarchy!.

Thanks & Regards
Bharath Reddy VasiReddy

[bharathreddy]

If u want to round off the value to a two digit after the point, use the below statement instead of dSize = FolderSize(dirInfo);

 //Round to the two decimal digit.            
 dSize = Math.Round(FolderSize(dirInfo),2);
 

Thanks & Regards
Bharath Reddy VasiReddy

[Frinavale]

Thanks for this solution Bharath. Great example of using recursion.

-Frinny

[Curtis Rutland]

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[Curtis Rutland]

I have a suggestion for you:

It doesn't have to be recursive at all, if you use the overloaded version of GetFiles:

dirInfo.GetFiles("*", SearchOption.AllDirectories);
 

That does the recursive part for you.

[bharathreddy]

You are right!..

Thanks
Bharath Reddy VasiReddy