Re: Obtain directory size.

FROM : Jim Correia
DATE : Fri May 20 19:00:29 2005

On May 20, 2005, at 12:50 PM, Jim Correia wrote:

> On May 20, 2005, at 12:09 PM, Julian wrote:
>
>

>> Since NSFileManager has no capabilities of returning the size of a 
>> folder(a folder + contents), what would be a suitable & fast 
>> method for obtaining this besides enumerating as it's slow as 
>> christmas. I am looking for perhaps a carbon call to get this in 
>> one swoop.
>>

>
> For a directory, call FSGetCatalogInfo, and ask for the valence.
>
> Heed the warning about the cost of computing this for volume 
> formats which don't natively store this information.
>
> <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Carbon/Reference/

> File_Manager/file_manager/chapter_1.5_section_29.html>

I think I may have mis-interpreted your question. I thought you 
wanted to know how many files+folders were contained in a folder. If 
you want to know how much space (logical or physical) they take on 
disk, iterating (using on API set or another) is your only option.

Jim