Beloved,

When I write:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use Tk;
use File::stat;
my $mw;#first window
my $logl; #label for log                                       
my $logtf; #entry box for the log name
my $path=""; #hol
my $total=0;

$mw = MainWindow -> new();

$logl = $mw ->Label (-text=> '\path', -font=>"Adobe 10")->pack;
$logtf = $mw ->Entry (-textvariable=> \$path, width=>25)->pack;

my $okb =>$mw -> Button(-text=>'GO', -command => sub {size()})->pack(-
+side =>'right');

MainLoop;

sub size{
    chdir $path;
    opendir DIR, $path;
    my @file = readdir DIR;
    closedir DIR;
    foreach my $file (@file) {$st = stat($file) or die "No $file: $!";
        $total = ($st->size)/1048576;#converts from bytes to MB
    }#foreach
    print "$total MB for this directory or file";
}#size

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and I give it a directory that has MB or GB of data, the numbers that are coming back are not correct.

Basically, I need to call a size method on some directory and collect that number and if necessary change it to be in MB. I will also need to do that with a list of directory.
I would be most greatful if you could give me some clues as to what is wrong and how I can fix it.
Thanks in advance,
Claire

In reply to Finding the size of a directory by Real Perl

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