filesize

Prototype: filesize(filename)

Return type: int

Description: Returns the size of the file filename in bytes.

If the file object does not exist, the function call fails and the variable does not expand.

Arguments:

• filename : File object name, in the range "?(/.*)

Example:

    bundle agent example
    {     
      vars:

        "exists" int => filesize("/etc/passwd");
        "nexists" int => filesize("/etc/passwdx");

      reports:
        "File size $(exists)";
        "Does not exist $(nexists)";
    }

History: Was introduced in version 3.1.3,Nova 2.0.2 (2010)