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FileGetCompressedSize Method (String, PathFormat)

[AlphaFS] Retrieves the actual number of bytes of disk storage used to store a specified file.

Namespace:  Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem
Assembly:  AlphaFS (in AlphaFS.dll) Version: 2.0
Syntax
public static long GetCompressedSize(
	string path,
	PathFormat pathFormat
)

Parameters

path
Type: SystemString

The name of the file.

pathFormat
Type: Alphaleonis.Win32.FilesystemPathFormat
Indicates the format of the path parameter(s).

Return Value

Type: Int64
The actual number of bytes of disk storage used to store the specified file.
Remarks
If the file is located on a volume that supports compression and the file is compressed, the value obtained is the compressed size of the specified file. If the file is located on a volume that supports sparse files and the file is a sparse file, the value obtained is the sparse size of the specified file.
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