get_file_size

Definition: atom filesize = get_file_size(string filename)
Description: Get the size of a file in bytes.

filename: the name of the file to query.

Returns an atom, the file size, or -1 if file is not found or a directory.
Comments: This function does not compute the total size for a directory, and returns 0 instead.

Both forwardslash ('/') and backslash ('\\') are handled for all platforms.
Example:
?get_file_size("C:/Program Files (x86)/Phix/builtins/pfile.e")
See Also: dir