FileLen

Finds the length of a file given its filename

Syntax
   Declare Function FileLen ( filename As String ) As LongInt

Usage
   #include "file.bi"
   result = FileLen(filename)

or

   #include "vbcompat.bi"
   result = FileLen(filename)

Parameters
   filename
      A String argument specifying the filename of the file whose length to 
      return.

Description
   Returns the size in bytes of the file specified by filename.

Example
   #include "file.bi"
   Dim length As LongInt
   length = FileLen("file.txt")

Platform Differences
   * Linux requires the filename case matches the real name of the file. 
     Windows and DOS are case insensitive. 
   * Path separators in Linux are forward slashes / . Windows uses 
     backward slashes \ but it allows for forward slashes .  DOS uses 
     backward  \ slashes. 

Differences from QB
   * New to FreeBASIC.  Existed in Visual Basic.

See also
   * LOF

