Get the size of certain file types in a directory...

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In this line of code, I get the amount of files in the user's cookies folder and the size of the folder, and display them in a label:

Label1.Text = (" - " + CStr(cookiecounter.Count) + " cookies (" + (cookiefoldersize / 1000 / 1000).ToString("0.00") + " MB)")

It doesn't give the results that I want... it shows the total size of the folder. I want it to show the size of the total amount of *.txt files in the folder. Is there a way to do this?

Posted 15-Nov-10 12:22pm

drummerboy0511

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Tarun.K.S 16-Nov-10 0:09am

use the DriveInfo class and directory class

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Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 1 · 2010-11-17T10:32:00

My bad, it's actually DirectoryInfo and it's GetFiles method.

Dim rootFolder As DirectoryInfo("C:\somePath")
Dim txtFiles() As FileInfo

txtFiles = rootFolder.GetFiles("*.txt")

Then it's a simple matter of enumerating over the txtFiles collection and adding up the Length properties of each FileInfo object.

Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 2 · 2010-11-16T05:09:00

Solution 1

You'll have to use the Directory class to get the list of .TXT files in the users cookie folder (first you have to determine what the path to that folder is, obviously!) then you can just add up all the sizes.

Posted 16-Nov-10 5:09am

Dave Kreskowiak

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drummerboy0511 17-Nov-10 15:41pm

I'm not entirely sure how to do this...