var length = new System.IO.FileInfo(path).Length;
This gives the logical size of the file, not the size on the disk.
I wish to get the size of a file on the disk in C# (preferably without interop) as would be reported by Windows Explorer.
It should give the correct size, including for:
This uses GetCompressedFileSize, as ho1 suggested, as well as GetDiskFreeSpace, as PaulStack suggested, it does, however, use P/Invoke. I have tested it only for compressed files, and I suspect it does not work for fragmented files.
public static long GetFileSizeOnDisk(string file)
{
FileInfo info = new FileInfo(file);
uint dummy, sectorsPerCluster, bytesPerSector;
int result = GetDiskFreeSpaceW(info.Directory.Root.FullName, out sectorsPerCluster, out bytesPerSector, out dummy, out dummy);
if (result == 0) throw new Win32Exception();
uint clusterSize = sectorsPerCluster * bytesPerSector;
uint hosize;
uint losize = GetCompressedFileSizeW(file, out hosize);
long size;
size = (long)hosize << 32 | losize;
return ((size + clusterSize - 1) / clusterSize) * clusterSize;
}
[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
static extern uint GetCompressedFileSizeW([In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string lpFileName,
[Out, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] out uint lpFileSizeHigh);
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true, PreserveSig = true)]
static extern int GetDiskFreeSpaceW([In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string lpRootPathName,
out uint lpSectorsPerCluster, out uint lpBytesPerSector, out uint lpNumberOfFreeClusters,
out uint lpTotalNumberOfClusters);