Length of a file ?

[plenderj]

Just wondering, is there a way of finding out the length of a file without actually reading through until the end of the file ?

Using just pure jdk, so no wfc java stuff

[crptcblade]

Try using the File class and the length() method

import java.io.*;

class Test 
{
	public static void main(String[] args) 
	{
		try
		{
			File f = new File("C:\\test.txt");
		
			if (f.exists()) System.out.println(f.length()); //Length of the file in bytes
		}
		catch(Exception e){}
		
	}
}

Oh, and...WFC?? You've gotta be kidding

[axion_sa]

File fileName = new File("c:\\autoexec.bat")
try
{
  System.out.println(fileName.length());
}
catch (Exception e)
{
  e.printStackTrace();
}

if i'm not mistaken

[plenderj]

Thank you very much people, I can now put a nice percentage meter in my app

[plenderj]

Lovely

    lenOfFile = (new File( "packet.txt" )).length();