C++ || Snippet – How To Display The Size Of A File Using Stat
The following is sample code which demonstrates the use of the “stat” function calls on Unix based systems.
The stat function returns information about a file. No permissions are required on the file itself, but-in the case of stat() and lstat() – execute (search) permission is required on all of the directories in path that lead to the file.
The “stat” system call returns a stat structure, which contains the following fields:
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struct stat { dev_t st_dev; /* ID of device containing file */ ino_t st_ino; /* inode number */ mode_t st_mode; /* protection */ nlink_t st_nlink; /* number of hard links */ uid_t st_uid; /* user ID of owner */ gid_t st_gid; /* group ID of owner */ dev_t st_rdev; /* device ID (if special file) */ off_t st_size; /* total size, in bytes */ blksize_t st_blksize; /* blocksize for file system I/O */ blkcnt_t st_blocks; /* number of 512B blocks allocated */ time_t st_atime; /* time of last access */ time_t st_mtime; /* time of last modification */ time_t st_ctime; /* time of last status change */ }; |
The following example demonstrates the use of the “st_size” struct parameter to display the size of a file.
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// ============================================================================ // Author: K Perkins // Date: Oct 4, 2013 // Taken From: http://programmingnotes.org/ // File: Stat.cpp // Description: Demonstrate the use of the "stat" function to display the // size of a file // ============================================================================ #include <iostream> #include <cstdlib> #include <unistd.h> #include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/stat.h> using namespace std; int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { // declare variables struct stat fileInfo; // the buffer to store file information // check to see if theres enough commandline args if(argc < 2) { cerr<<"n** ERROR - NOT ENOUGH ARGUMENTS!n" <<"nUSAGE: "<<argv[0]<<" <FILE NAME>n"; exit(1); } // get the file information if(stat(argv[1], &fileInfo) < 0) { cerr<<"nstat failed (file not found)n"; exit(1); } // display info to the screen cerr<<"nThe file ""<<argv[1]<<"" is "<<(int)fileInfo.st_size<<" bytesnn"; return 0; }// http://programmingnotes.org/ |
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The code is heavily commented, so no further insight is necessary. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below.
The following is sample output:
./Stat Stat.cppThe file "Stat.cpp" is 1170 bytes
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