[thelist] Determining file size in CF5

[.jeff]

seth,

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> From: Seth Fitzsimmons
>
> I'm trying to write some Cold Fusion that needs to know
> the size of a file that's stored locally (i.e., not an
> uploaded file, so CFFILE does me no good).  How do I
> determine the size of said file without using a
> CFDIRECTORY call and looping through the (potentially
> huge) list of files returned?
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with the filter attribute actually:

<cfdirectory action="list"
             name="getfilesize"
             directory="#myDirectory#"
             filter="#myFileName#">

this will return a single result.

good luck,

.jeff

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