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Checks if the giving File exists, and returns its length

   
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using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Globalization;
using System.IO;

namespace Dotnet.Commons.IO
{
  
  ///  
  /// <summary>  
  /// This class provides basic facilities for manipulating files and file paths.
    /// 
    /// <h3>File-related methods</h3>
    /// There are methods to 
    /// <list type="bullet">
    ///     <item>copy a file to another file,</item>
    ///     <item>compare the content of 2 files,</item>
    ///     <item>delete files using the wildcard character,</item>
    ///     <item>etc</item>
    /// </list>
  /// </summary>
  ///     
  public sealed class FileUtils
  {
        /// ---------------------------------------------------------------
        /// <summary>
        /// Checks if the giving File exists, and returns its length
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="file">The File instance to check</param>
        /// <returns>The length of the file if it exists, 0 otherwise</returns>
        /// ---------------------------------------------------------------
        public static long GetFileLength(FileInfo file)
        {
            if (file.Exists)
                return file.Length;
            else
                return 0;
        }
   }
}








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