Obtaining the size of a file

[Jim Ault]

perhaps an applescript that did the whole list and returned one list as a
result... only one handoff.

Jim Ault
Las Vegas


On 4/21/07 12:17 AM, "John Craig" <jc at spl21.net> wrote:

> Thanks for the replies, everyone.  I've written several handlers in the
> past for things only to discover later that there is a command that does
> the task in a one liner - I just never found it in the docs - so I
> thought I'd ask.
> 
> I'm recursing through a (sometimes large) list of files and folders
> which can take a while, so I was trying to avoid another function call
> per line.
> 
> JC
> 
> Josh Mellicker wrote:
>> Here are a couple of handlers that return the "humanSize" (a nicely
>> formatted version) of a file provided the complete file path and
>> filename:
>> 
>> 
>> put humanSize(tPathAndFile) into fld "file size"
>> 
>> 
>> FUNCTION humanSize tPathAndFile
>>   put theFileDetail(tPathAndFile) into tFileDet
>>   put item 2 of tFileDet + item 3 of tFileDet into tSize
>>   IF tSize > 1000000 THEN
>>     set the numberformat to "##.##"
>>     return tSize/1000000 & " MB"
>>   ELSE
>>     set the numberformat to "##"
>>     return tSize/1000 & " KB"
>>   END IF
>> END humanSize
>> 
>> FUNCTION theFileDetail tPathAndFile
>>     set the itemdel to "/"
>>     put item -1 of tPathAndFile into tFile
>>     delete item -1 of tPathAndFile
>>     put "/" after tPathAndFile
>>     set the defaultfolder to tPathAndFile
>>     put the detailed files into tFiles
>>     filter tFiles with urlencode(tFile) & comma & "*"
>>     return tFiles
>> END theFileDetail
>> 
>> 
>> These only took a few days to write, I am not quite as fast as Richard
>> :-)
>> 
>> On Apr 20, 2007, at 7:02 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
>> 
>>> John Craig wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Richard Gaskin wrote:
>>>>> John Craig wrote:
>>>>>> Does anyone know of a native rev. method to obtain the size of a
>>>>>> file without using shell or 'the detailed files'?
>>>>> 
>>>>> What's the objection to using 'the detailed files'?
>>>>> 
>>>>> It was added to the language specifically to provide what you're
>>>>> looking for.
>>>>> 
>>>> It's clumsy and long winded.
>>> 
>>> Revolution allows you to write your own custom commands and
>>> functions, so you can get the exact info you want in a call as simple
>>> as:
>>> 
>>>    get FileSize(pFilePath)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Since it only takes a minute to write the dozen or so lines needed,
>>> I'll go ahead and do that for you:
>>> 
>>> function FileSize pPath
>>>   set the itemdel to "/"
>>>   put urlEncode(last item of pPath) into tShortFileName
>>>   delete last item of pPath
>>>   put the directory into tSaveDir
>>>   set the directory to pPath
>>>   put the detailed files into tFiles
>>>   set the directory to tSaveDir
>>>   set the itemdel to comma
>>>   put lineoffset( cr&tShortFileName&comma, cr&tFiles) into tLineNum
>>>   if tLineNum > 0 then
>>>     put line tLineNum of tFiles into tLine
>>>     return item 2 of tLine + item 3 of tLine
>>>   end if
>>> end FileSize
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Now you can drop than handy function into a library somewhere and use
>>> it whenever you need it.
>>>     
>>> -- Richard Gaskin
>>>  Fourth World Media Corporation
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