Is there any API in c++ for getting the size of a specified folder?
If not, how can I get the total size of a folder including all subfolders and files?
Actually I don't want to use any third party library. Just want to implement in pure c++.
If you use MSVC++ you have <filesystem>
"as standard C++".
But using boost or MSVC - both are "pure C++".
If you don’t want to use boost, and only the C++ std:: library this answer is somewhat close. As you can see here, there is a Filesystem Library Proposal (Revision 4). Here you can read:
The Boost version of the library has been in widespread use for ten years. The Dinkumware version of the library, based on N1975 (equivalent to version 2 of the Boost library), ships with Microsoft Visual C++ 2012.
To illustrate the use, I adapted the answer of @Nayana Adassuriya , with very minor modifications (OK, he forgot to initialize one variable, and I use unsigned long long
, and most important was to use: path filePath(complete (dirIte->path(), folderPath));
to restore the complete path before the call to other functions). I have tested and it work well in windows 7.
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <filesystem>
using namespace std;
using namespace std::tr2::sys;
void getFoldersize(string rootFolder,unsigned long long & f_size)
{
path folderPath(rootFolder);
if (exists(folderPath))
{
directory_iterator end_itr;
for (directory_iterator dirIte(rootFolder); dirIte != end_itr; ++dirIte )
{
path filePath(complete (dirIte->path(), folderPath));
try{
if (!is_directory(dirIte->status()) )
{
f_size = f_size + file_size(filePath);
}else
{
getFoldersize(filePath,f_size);
}
}catch(exception& e){ cout << e.what() << endl; }
}
}
}
int main()
{
unsigned long long f_size=0;
getFoldersize("C:\\Silvio",f_size);
cout << f_size << endl;
system("pause");
return 0;
}