Vista - Size of network folder

Hi,

How can I compute the size of a folder located on the network?

The address is something like: \\server\customer$\tsprofile\user.name

I've found a script, but it doesn't work when I run it on a network
folder:

function Get-DirectorySize
{
param ($path = {(Get-Location).Path});
if (! $GLOBAL:_FileSystemObject)
{
$GLOBAL:_FileSystemObject = New-Object -comobject
"Scripting.FileSystemObject";
}
($GLOBAL:_FileSystemObject.GetFolder($path)).Size;
}

Thanks in advance

Tommy

Get-ChildItem \\someComputer\someShare\somePath -Recurse |
ForEach-Object -Begin {$totalSize = 0} -Process {$totalSize +=
$_.Length} -End {"Total size: $totalSize"}

or if you want to save some typing:

gci \\someComputer\someShare\somePath -r | % -b {$t=0} -p
{$t+=$_.Length} -en {$t}

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I forgot one thing. Use -Force with Get-ChildItem so that hidden files are
included in your total. Otherwise hidden files will be excluded. So your
one-liner should be this:

Get-ChildItem \\someComputer\someShare\somePath -Recurse -Force |
ForEach-Object -Begin {$totalSize = 0} -Process {$totalSize +=
$_.Length} -End {"Total size: $totalSize"}

or the short version:

gci \\someComputer\someShare\somePath -r -fo | % -b {$t=0} -p
{$t+=$_.Length} -en {$t}

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You could also use Measure-Object to sum the lengths of the files for you

Get-ChildItem \\someComputer\someShare\somePath -Recurse -Force |
measure-object -property length -sum

It will also give you a count of the number of files
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"Kirk Munro [MVP]" wrote:

If that didn't work, try this:

$startfolder = Read-Host "Enter server name and path (i.e.
\\servername\share)"

$colItems = (Get-childitem $startfolder | Where-object {$_.PSIsContainer -eq
$True} | sort-object)
foreach ($i in $colitems)

{
$patho = $i.fullname
$objFSO = New-Object -com Scripting.FileSystemObject
$total = "{0:N2}" -f (($objFSO.GetFolder($patho).Size) / 1MB) + " MB"
$output = $patho + ' ' + $total
write-output $output
}

The code that generates the output is a little clunky, but it works for me.

"RichS [MVP]" wrote: