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[File_GetSize]

Tag Link [File_GetSize] Category File
Type Substitution Source Available No
Support Preferred Version 3.0
Change Unchanged Data Source Any
Output Type Integer Security Tag, File
Implementation LCAPI Sets Lasso 8.5, Lasso 8.0, Lasso 7.0, Lasso 6.0, Lasso 5.0, Lasso 3.x

Description

[File_GetSize] returns the size in bytes of a file. Accepts one parameter, the name of the file to be inspected.

The file tags are protected by four different permissions. The user must have permission for all of the following in order to use this tag:
- Permission to use the tag itself.
- Permission to perform the file operation.
- Permission to work in the directory which contains the files.
- The filename extensions of the files which are being worked with must be allowed in Lasso Administration.

Syntax

[File_GetSizeFile Name]

Parameters

Required Parameters
File Name The name of the file to be checked.

Examples

To display the size of a file in bytes:

Use the [File_GetSize] tag. The following example inspects a file named myfile.txt from the root of the Web serving folder.

[File_GetSize: '/myfile.txt']

1024