file_size_ex(3)

✨ file_size_ex(3) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Allegro manual 💖 this one's a lil baby page but it's so useful, i promise. it's file_size_ex, and yes she's giving exactly what her name says. let's get into it 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

file_size_ex — returns the size of a file in bytes. it lives in the Allegro game programming library, aka the place where all the good stuff is 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <allegro.h>

uint64_t file_size_ex(const char *filename);

like. one include. one function call. that's it. iconic behavior honestly 👑

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does she do?? she returns the size of a file, in bytes. that's the whole vibe. you hand her a filename, she hands you back a uint64_t and you're like "omg thank you" 🌈

but here's the part you gotta know, no cap — if the file doesn't exist, or literally any error happens, she doesn't throw a fit and crash on you. nope. she returns zero and stores the system error code in errno. so if you get a 0 back, don't just assume "aw the file is empty i guess 🙈" — check errno, bestie, because that 0 might be her politely telling you something went wrong 😭

lowkey the move: always check errno after a 0. it's giving "read the room" energy fr fr 💀

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• file_exists(3)
• file_time(3)
• expackf(3)

that's the whole page, bestie, short and sweet like a lil strawberry 🍓 go forth and check your file sizes responsibly ✨

signing off — this was Allegro, version 4.4.3, and the manual page is dated file_size_ex(3). mwah 💋 🎀🦋💖