FILE_SIZE size in bytes of file

Contents

Inputs
Outputs

Inputs

p: path to file

Outputs

s: size in bytes, or empty if file does not exist

function s = file_size(p)
arguments
  p (1,1) string
end

s = [];
if ~isfile(p), return, end

if stdlib.isoctave()
  s = stat(p);
  if ~isempty(s)
    s = s.size;
  end
else
  s = dir(p);
  if ~isempty(s)
    s = s.bytes;
  end
end

end


%!assert (isempty(file_size('')))
%!assert (file_size('file_size.m') > 0)