pyguymer3.return_folder_size

pyguymer3.return_folder_size(path, /, *, allowHidden=False, debug=True, ensureNFC=True, follow_symlinks=True, return_symlinks=True)[source]

Return the total size of all files in a directory.

This function returns the total size of all files recursively in a directory.

Parameters:

  • path (str) – the directory to search

  • allowHidden (bool, optional) – allow hidden files

  • debug (bool, optional) – print debug messages

  • ensureNFC (bool, optional) – ensure that the Unicode encoding is NFC

  • follow_symlinks (bool, optional) – follow symbolic links

  • return_symlinks (bool, optional) – include symbolic links in the returned list

Returns:

ans – the total size

Return type:

int

Notes

Copyright 2017 Thomas Guymer [1]

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