Byte Count

qball has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Goal: Get the byte count of a document located in a given directory.

Directory Path: /opt/backup/test/

File Name: databyqball

End Results: Return the byte count of databyqball.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

qball~"I have node idea?!"

Comment on Byte Count

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Re: Byte Count by converter (Priest) on Jul 18, 2001 at 00:16 UTC
Obligatory reminder: -X tests set $! and return undef if the file doesn't exist (and presumably on other system errors, although I haven't tested). `$filesize = -s $filespec; die "error: $!" unless defined $filesize;` [download] conv	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Byte Count by HyperZonk (Friar) on Jul 18, 2001 at 00:02 UTC
`$filesize = -s $filespec;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Byte Count by lhoward (Vicar) on Jul 18, 2001 at 00:03 UTC
`my $size = -s "/opt/backup/test/databyqball";` [download]	[reply] [d/l]