NAME¶

std::filesystem::directory_entry::file_size - std::filesystem::directory_entry::file_size

Synopsis¶

std::uintmax_t file_size() const; (1) (since C++17)
std::uintmax_t file_size( std::error_code& ec ) const noexcept; (2) (since C++17)

If the file size is cached in this directory_entry, returns the cached value.
Otherwise, returns:

1) std::filesystem::file_size(path()),
2) std::filesystem::file_size(path(), ec).

Parameters¶

ec - out-parameter for error reporting in the non-throwing overload

Return value¶

The size of the referred-to filesystem object.

Exceptions¶

Any overload not marked noexcept may throw std::bad_alloc if memory allocation
fails.

1) Throws std::filesystem::filesystem_error on underlying OS API errors, constructed
with p as the first path argument and the OS error code as the error code argument.
2) Sets a std::error_code& parameter to the OS API error code if an OS API call
fails, and executes ec.clear() if no errors occur.

Example¶

Prints the list of files in a given directory alongside with their sizes in human
readable form.

// Run this code

#include <cmath>
#include <cstdint>
#include <filesystem>
#include <iostream>

struct HumanReadable
{
std::uintmax_t size{};

template<typename Os> friend Os& operator<<(Os& os, HumanReadable hr)
{
int i{};
double mantissa = hr.size;
for (; mantissa >= 1024.0; mantissa /= 1024.0, ++i)
{}
os << std::ceil(mantissa * 10.0) / 10.0 << i["BKMGTPE"];
return i ? os << "B (" << hr.size << ')' : os;
}
};

int main(int argc, const char* argv[])
{
const auto dir = argc == 2 ? std::filesystem::path{argv[1]}
: std::filesystem::current_path();

for (std::filesystem::directory_entry const& entry :
std::filesystem::directory_iterator(dir))
if (entry.is_regular_file())
std::cout << entry.path().filename() << " size: "
<< HumanReadable{entry.file_size()} << '\n';
}

Possible output:¶

"boost_1_73_0.tar.bz2" size: 104.2MB (109247910)
"CppCon 2018 - Jon Kalb “Copy Elision”.mp4" size: 15.7MB (16411990)
"cppreference-doc-20190607.tar.xz" size: 6.3MB (6531336)
"hana.hpp" size: 6.7KB (6807)

See also¶

file_size returns the size of a file
(C++17) (function)