get file or folder size in python code example
Example: how to get size of folder python
import os
def get_size(start_path = '.'):
total_size = 0
for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(start_path):
for f in filenames:
fp = os.path.join(dirpath, f)
# skip if it is symbolic link
if not os.path.islink(fp):
total_size += os.path.getsize(fp)
return total_size
print(get_size(), 'bytes')