Folder located at remote machine

[smeru]

Hi,

This is my first post in this forum.

I want to find the size of a folder located at remote machine from a batch command like the size which we see when we right click a folder and see its properties "Size on disk"

Is this possible ?

Thanks,
Srini

[foxidrive]

One folder shows this here: 824 KB (843,776 bytes)

Which number are you after, the real base 10 figure or the power-of-2 figure?

[smeru]

I want only 824 KB

I hope you understand me.

[foxidrive]

This is simple code to provide the base 10 figure.

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@echo off
set "folder=\\server\share\foldername"
for /f "tokens=3 delims= " %%a in ('dir "%folder%" /s^|find " File(s) "') do set foldersize=%%a
echo "%folder%" is %foldersize%

Batch math tops out at 2GB but this will display larger figures.

To get the base 2 figure you will need a VBS script or a powershell script.

[smeru]

Its giving the result in bytes only. Just now tried with a folder having size of 1.5 GB. The result should come as 1.5 GB.

What if the folder size is more than 2 GB ? How can I use powershell scripting ? Could you please guide me ?

[foxidrive]

This will give you a GB figure - it's not versatile so it just returns GB

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@echo off
set "folder=\\server\share\foldername"
for /f "tokens=3 delims= " %%a in ('dir "%folder%" /s^|find " File(s) "') do set foldersize=%%a
echo Wscript.echo Formatnumber(eval(WScript.Arguments(0)/1073742268), 2, True,, False) > "%temp%\Calculate.vbs"
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('cscript //nologo "%temp%\Calculate.vbs" "%foldersize%" ') do set GB=%%a&del "%temp%\Calculate.vbs"
echo "%folder%" is %GB% GB (%foldersize%)
pause

[smeru]

Now its not showing the correct data in MBs and KBs

Code should auto calculate the folder size and append the suffix like KB,MB or GB appropriately.

[smeru]

Is it possible by any chance ?

[foxidrive]

You have to write the VBS script to rearrange the numbers, it's not a built in function.