How can I get a file’s size in C++?

#include <fstream>

std::ifstream::pos_type filesize(const char* filename)
{
    std::ifstream in(filename, std::ifstream::ate | std::ifstream::binary);
    return in.tellg(); 
}

See http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/files/ for more information on files in C++.

edit: this answer is not correct since tellg() does not necessarily return the right value. See http://stackoverflow.com/a/22986486/1835769

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