Re: getting folder size

[Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 12 Mar 2024 at 19:36, Benoît Minisini <
benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Le 12/03/2024 à 20:17, Bruce Steers a écrit :
> > I made a function to get a folder size but it differs to du command.
> >
> > I've tried many different things and have no clue as to why i am only
> > getting partly matched results.
> > I'm missing something along the line.
> >
> > My routine is simply this...
> >
> > Public Sub DirSize(Folder As String) As Long
> >
> >    Inc iCount
> >
> >    Dim iSize As Long
> >    With Stat(Folder)
> >      iSize += .Size
> >      If .Type = gb.Link Then Return ' do not compute if a link
> >    End With
> >
> >    For Each sItem As String In Dir(Folder)
> >      With Stat(Folder &/ sItem)
> >        If .Type = gb.Directory Then
> >          iSize += DirSize(Folder &/ sItem)
> >        Else
> >          iSize += .Size
> >        Endif
> >      End With
> >    Next
> >    Print iCount, iSize; "\r";
> >
> >    Return iSize
> >
> > End
> >
> > checking most folders gives a match to "du -sb" command but some do not.
> >
> > /home/bonus/.local/share
> > 130117  4959360696
> > 4959360696      (mine)
> > 4327428432  : out by 631932264 (du -sb)
> >
> > /home/bonus/.config
> > 498     1367011275
> > 1367011275      (mine)
> > 1367011275  : MATCH (du -sb)
> >
> > Like i say "most" folders are giving a match but some do not.
> >
> > Is my code at fault? is the du command wrong?
> >
> > Does anyone have some well written directory size calculator code?
> > Attached is a test prog with the function
> >
> > Respects and thanks in advance
> > BruceS
> >
>
> I guess symbolic links are not counted the same way...
>
> --
> Benoît Minisini.
>

I've tried handling for links in various ways.

my figure seems higher than du , do you think maybe du gives 0 bytes for
links and Stat().Size gives size of the link file or something?

I guess what i want to know is what would be the most "accurate" size ?

Does anyone know of any other folder size commands i can compare with other
than du?

Respects
BruceS