DirSize

Version 1.1.0.0 (1.38 KB) by Richard Moore
Determine the size of a folder/directory in bytes, including all subdirectories.
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bytes = DirSize('pathOfInterest');

Sometimes I write a script that needs to know how large directories are. I couldn't find a function to already do this, so took a stab at it.

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Richard Moore (2026). DirSize (https://uk.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/41300-dirsize), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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Created with R2012b
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Acknowledgements

Inspired: DirSizePretty

Version Published Release Notes
1.1.0.0

Following suggestions from Jan, help explicit checks for '.'/'..', and use of the isdir field in the structu returned by dir were added.

1.0.0.0