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libs/filesystem/example/file_size.cpp

//  file_size program  -------------------------------------------------------//

//  Copyright Beman Dawes, 2004

//  Use, modification, and distribution is subject to the Boost Software
//  License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
//  http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)

//  See http://www.boost.org/libs/filesystem for documentation.

#include <boost/filesystem/operations.hpp>
#include <iostream>

namespace fs = boost::filesystem;

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{

    if (argc != 2)
    {
        std::cout << "Usage: file_size path\n";
        return 1;
    }

    std::cout << "sizeof(intmax_t) is " << sizeof(boost::intmax_t) << '\n';

    fs::path p(argv[1]);

    if (!fs::exists(p))
    {
        std::cout << "not found: " << argv[1] << std::endl;
        return 1;
    }

    if (!fs::is_regular(p))
    {
        std::cout << "not a regular file: " << argv[1] << std::endl;
        return 1;
    }

    std::cout << "size of " << argv[1] << " is " << fs::file_size(p)
              << std::endl;
    return 0;
}