You have to walk the directory tree and sum each file's size. Windows does this too - try your right-click properties on a large directory and see how long it takes. That's also what du does. There are, however, some recipes that should make this fairly simple for you - try this: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/86554
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Cappellini Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 2:03 PM To: python-win32@python.org Subject: [python-win32] Size of directory When I right click on a directory with windows Explorer, a window is displayed showing Size: Size On Disk: Contains: Created: Attributes: (with the appropriate values for each entry) How do I get the same information via Python ? I've looked at os.stat but os.stat(r'C:\temp')[os.path.stat.ST_SIZE] only returns the size of a "plain file" :( It's really a shame that windows doesn't have a built-in tool to show you a tree of subdirectories, and how much space is occupied by each subdirectory. I guess I need to roll my own- once I know what the underlying call is to get the size of each directory DISCLAIMER: This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this in error, please immediately notify me and permanently delete the original and any copy of any e-mail and any printout thereof. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. NOTICE REGARDING PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY Direct Edge ECN LLC may, at its discretion, monitor and review the content of all e-mail communications. www.directedge.com
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