Filelen

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FileLen

Returns the size of a named file in bytes.

Syntax

Declare Function FileLen ( filename As String ) As LongInt

Parameters

• filename

Description

Returns the size in bytes of the file specified by filename.

Remarks

Usage

#include "file.bi"

result = FileLen(filename)

or

#include "vbcompat.bi"

result = FileLen(filename)

Platform Differences

• Linux requires the filename case matches the real name of the file. Windows, DOS and a default macOS volume are case insensitive. Path separators in Linux and macOS are forward slashes / . Windows uses backward slashes \ but it allows for forward slashes . DOS uses backward \ slashes.

Differences from QB

• New to FreeBASIC. Existed in Visual Basic.

See also

• LOF

Examples

#include "file.bi"

Dim length As LongInt

length = FileLen("file.txt")

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